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

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

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.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.