To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.

Everyday there are people in our world that do absolutely amazing things. People of all ages are very capable of doing tremendous, courageous things in spite of their fear.

We need now to build a culture of genuine nonviolence and real democracy.

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?

We can rejoice and celebrate today because we are living in a miraculous time. Everything is changing and everything is possible.

I believe that hope for the future depends on each of us taking nonviolence into our hearts and minds and developing new and imaginative structures which are nonviolent and life-giving for all.

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

When I was 11, I made truffle risotto for my family for Christmas dinner.

The only thing He forgets is our sins.

True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them.

Tonight, we can say with pride that, in America, there is no barrier too great and no ceiling too high to break.

It is possible for every human being to be blissful, if you are willing to pay a little attention to how this human mechanism functions.

Any highway . . . they all take you to the same place, don't they?

Wanna lose 1200 Calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.

The truths of Upanishadas are before you. Take them up, live up to them, and the salvation of Bharat will be at hand.