I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice. 

Treat each case as an individual case, and give every man an opportunity to earn just as much money as he is capable of earning. 

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

Nobody can make it to the present or the future by clinging to their past.

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

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Our conscience is like an alarm bell.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.