Looks like slavery was in always in the human DNA. Why else do we find people subduing others and others willing to slog for their masters?

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

Intelligence is the application of knowledge.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

Take to the path of dharma – the path of truth and justice. Don’t misuse your valour. Remain united. March forward in all humility, but fully awake to the situation you face, demanding your rights and firmness.