Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Nobody can make it to the present or the future by clinging to their past.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Computers make me totally blank out.

Study' was the cry that reverberated in the corridors of my mind. Study to enable yourself to face the arguments advanced by opposition. Study to arm yourself with arguments in favor of your cult. I began to study.

I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to build, we are not going to establish charity institution, as there shall be no needy or poor, and no alms-giving and alms-taking.

As a nation, every one of us should have to give priority to our country i.e., India. We just need to forget which religion or caste we are belonging to. Or in which society or state we are living. As an Indian, we need to put our whole efforts in the development of the country.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.