For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

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.

I am taking time to relax, renew and revive.

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore.

New York's not exactly antiseptic. It could be clean and less dangerous, and not horrible, not under a tidal wave of tourists.

The universe is always ecstasy and it's always perfect, but we don't perceive it that well. If we keep doing our yoga in every lifetime, we perceive it more correctly.

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

There's always challenges to everything.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

I've seen a lot of doom and gloom and depressing things, and it's [the] youth that give me hope.

Melancholy is not one of my emotions. Quite seriously, I don't do melancholy. It's a miserable way to be.

Success is a game, you must want to win.