“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Where there is love there is life.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

God has no religion.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends.

All humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

We are all born mad, some remain so.

Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I wouldn’t say I was a born writer; I’m a born thinker.