Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.

History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.

I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.

To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe.

From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.

Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.

The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.

Music becomes flesh and thrives in a new world, a new man . . .He, the last-born, son of music and love, shall arise in triumph over an ample land, prophet of a soul yet more ample . . .

As a nation, develop your wealth of virtues and watch yourself live better than most countries who brag themselves in their virtues of natural wealth

If they do kill me I shall never die another death.

The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further

Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.

The world's an Inn; and I her guest.

I believe such passion-even passion born of fear and anxiety-is far better than a life of banality.

Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.

I promise to deliver a corruption-free India... people have chosen our government to get rid of black money.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.