Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we revise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. 

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.

Wisdom is the landing pad of experience.

 सच्‍चा धर्म वही है जो स्‍वतंत्रता को परम मूल्‍य की तरह स्‍थापित करे।

I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.

We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr’s death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr’s blood.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.