It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. 

That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

When warmongers offer to negotiate for peace, it is called diplomacy.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 

In domestic government, unity and cooperation are essential requisites. 

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulty.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?