Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

 Spirituality is beyond rituals.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

The last moment is past; this moment is present; and, the next moment will be future. The past, present, and future change with every tick of the clock.

It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins.