One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

We think too much and feel too little.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

There's place and means for every man alive.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.