The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

You do not become outstanding by working on your weaknesses You become outstanding by focusing on your strenghts.

The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.

I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

Only lies offend me, never honest counsel.

I was keenly aware that I had a unique opportunity, a front row seat, on an unfolding story and nobody else was going to see it from quite the vantage point that I saw it.

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

If you want to be like the greats, you learn from the greats.

What is already woven cannot be undone. It will not make the trees grow again for you to bring the building down on our heads.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.