Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

There is nothing to lose by trying. Define new ways of doing things. Never underestimate the power of an action.

Disequilibrium is often instigated by the will to power, a sleepless drive in the human personality to control others, to force them to do what one wants, or not to do what one opposes.

Your fright is in your lies but your delight is in your ties, So better get together and fight for the right.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

History ... isn't simply what has happened. It's a judgment on what has happened.

Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit. Of these, spirit is primary, for it connects us to the source of everything, the eternal field of consciousness.

The way to health, harmony, and happiness is primarily mental.

No matter how grim things may seem, they always get better.

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.