A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Life should be great rather than long.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

religion is for man and not man for religion

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

Should humans conquer the mountain or should they wish for the mountain to possess them?

Love brought its tail of pains, its long static beam of thorns, and we close our eyes so that nothing, so that no wound will separate us.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

If you look at the types of directors out there, I'm not as weird as most of them.

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

Holy living is essential preparation for prayer.

The man-at-arms is the only man.

My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.

The American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country.

All societies are historical.