"But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac."
"American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region."
"I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task."
"The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses."
"My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees."
"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."
"The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well."
"You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics."
"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
"To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate."
"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world."
"Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts."
"Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice."
"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."
"I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face."
"Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man."
"You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away toward darkness."
"While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means."
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."
"Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion."
"When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves of feeling (chitta), and the mental restlessness that arises therefrom, through the application of techniques that reinstate the controlling power of the untrammeled superconsciousness of the soul."
"An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes."
"For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
"This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country."
"Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right."
