Landslides, cloudbursts, and what not—the hill folks have to contend with more than their share of woes.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

National interest and the interest of the people in power may be at loggerheads at times.

Gullibility creates trust in things that are not worthy of trust.

Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is a rite?

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

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

A war based on Satyagraha is always of two kinds. One is the war we wage against injustice, and the other we fight our own weaknesses.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?