"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it."

"I am a simple person. I don't have many possessions. I just have my robes and my beads."

"It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act."

"The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis."

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive."