There is nothing called a dead-end. The option of U-turn is always open.

Well begun is half done.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

Intuition and urge are two different things. You must learn to differentiate between the two.

Never, never, never give up. 

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, eater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.  

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.