A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

Politics and Religion are obsolete. The time has come for Science and Spirituality.

When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.

Aging is not our fault, but we certainly are guilty of feeling it.

She was floating in the midst of a black sea, in the darkest of nights, with no hope or care to see light again. She was a mere wave away from drowning in blackness.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.

I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.

If people leave your coalition, whose fault is it? It's your fault. You have to build a coalition that's attractive to people.

Elegance is timeless. It withstands trend; It withstands the commercialization of what fashion and style have become.