Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Always take a job that is too big for you.

Nothing in human life, least of all in religion, is ever right until it is beautiful.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."