It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.

Thought creates character.

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

India is the mother of religion. In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.

You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.

Be as a seed, a seed for change. Allow my gift to grow and rearrange. Multiple blessings for many. For those with none, let there be plenty. p64

Confidence is the greatest success.

I am inclined to think -' said I. 'I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

Within America, there are extremely different place. I'm not saying it's one homogenous color. It's obviously an incredible place. There's no other place like it, and it's incredibly diverse.

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

I'm a rule follower. But there is also a part of me, clearly, that doesn't follow them.

Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.

I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Jedi' was released.

I want to help promote Korean music around the world.

Either we change our ways, especially the United States, or we will continue to lead the world in heart disease and cancer.