We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Science explains the how.Philosophy explains the why.Free-thinkers need both.

The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It] isn't an attractive answer, though.

...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.

God gives every bird its food but he does not throw it into the nest.

Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.

I don't regret anything.

But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.

My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.

Above all, India is the land of religion.

HBO exists because people must have a place to say "f***" on television as many times as they can.