Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

 A country's greatness, sacrifice and love depend on the values of the country that it holds.

Peace begins with a smile.

Mistakes happen unknowingly. But they teach us a whole lot of things.