Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.

I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. You just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

My only desire is that India should be a good producer and no one should be hungry, shedding tears for food in the Country.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

The sun that rises at dawn has to set at dusk.