Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

Compassion can make friends out of enemies.

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Let me announce, with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expect perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods.