When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

Peace be upon you, for you have persevered! How excellent, then, this fulfilment in the hereafter!

The clouds wept when my heart sand a song of sorrow

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.

For violence or fraud can create no right.

Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.

It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground.

Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.

Let's show America our best and nothing less!

While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.