My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities.

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.

To understand humanity, you must first understand yourself.

I am still not used to being the possessor of such a grand title. I believe I shall have to start wearing a purple satin turban and carrying a lorgnette.

People can relate to reading a book for the first time and the world starts to create, even without you prepping for it.

No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain.

Dear world, I am leaving because I am bored.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

My father was a really great man. I'll never forget the last thing he ever said to me. Nor will I ever repeat it.

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.

Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.