One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

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.

It was lonely to be so perfect in all respects.

Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.

It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.

Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.

We live in a big and marvelously varied world. Television ought to reflect that.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.