You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

Peace begins with feelings of love.

Appeal with respect to elderly people as you would to the members of your own family.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.

The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made.

The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

You don't fix the problem until you define it.

I have kept every kind of animal and plant that is legal to privately own.

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.