People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

If I am cheated or betrayed, I will react.

If somebody trusts me, then I will reciprocate.

Through the intensive aspiration of the human soul arises in man the desire for independence.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.

If the Sri Lankan government resorts to state oppression against the Tamils and Muslims, then we will fight.

All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.