There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

Eternal love’ (sanatan sneha) is indeed moksha [ultimate liberation].

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Don't judge me because I sin differently from you.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.

I take simple everyday things that happen to me and I figure it happens to a lot of other people and I make simple rhymes out of them.

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.

A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.

I'm probably in better shape now than I was when I was in my 20s.