Where love is, there God is also.

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principles, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Small aim is a crime.

Magicians prosper because we are willing to be fooled.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.