Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Thailand was built on compassion.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

It is a duty of everyone to cooperate and help each other.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

We need to inspire and give each other confidence so that the work we do will be fruitful for the well-being of the people and the stability and security of the country.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time to do it.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Since that time up until the present time, there have been progress, and changes all through the time. The changes have not come by themselves; these changes have come from the doings of everyone in the country.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

People get angry at others who express a different opinion, while, in fact, they should be angry at themselves. But we must be angry at ourselves the most when we say something today, only to say something else tomorrow.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

If a great destruction occurs in Bangkok, then the country as a whole is also destroyed. In such a case, what is the point of anyone feeling proud to be the winner, when standing on a pile of ruins and rubble?

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

I am not afraid if the criticism concerns what I do wrong, because then I know. Because if you say the King cannot be criticized, it means that the King is not human.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

There is an English saying that the king is always happy, or, 'happy as the king' - which is not true at all. But I can be as happy as a king if all of you know what is right and what is wrong and cooperate to fix things.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

It is useless to live on burned ruins.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether the country would survive or not.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej

My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it.