My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

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 sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

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.

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.

I have been arrested time and time again, and my colleagues, too. I cannot guarantee that I'll not be arrested again. But it's not something that weighs on my mind. I'll do what I can while I'm free. If they arrest me again, I'll do what I can while I'm under arrest.

There can be no civil peace without the rule of law.