Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it nothing.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

There is no honour in dying of something. I would rather die for.For love, for respect, for peace.

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free

The model of a composer.

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

Maybe we should always assume the worst.

Patience! Patience! The world is a vast and ghastly intricacy of mechanism, and one has to be very wary, not to get mangled by it.

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda.

If you sell to the rich, you will become poor. If you sell to the poor, you can become rich. It is easier to get one peso from a million poor people than to get one million from one rich person.

The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation.