If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

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.

Pain is a part of life. I hated that fact. I would be much happier without it but then it wouldn't be my life.

Happiness is an art and the one who knows this art lives happily even if they don't have anything.

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.

That doesn't mean we should be doing it, though. We should always be carving back those things that are comfortable and institutionalized but not necessarily impactful.

I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry.

YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.

Don't invest in anything that you don't understand. Do your research first.

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.

Wisdom is probably the ability to cope. That's why someone who has to walk seven miles every day to get water for their children can be wiser than someone sitting behind a desk in Wall Street.