Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Many people are forced to do jobs that they don’t like—just to make both ends meet.

What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.