To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. 

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he is well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience. 

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; The way you play it is free will.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. 

If you are a late riser, you may miss out on a lot of things in life.