Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.

Life should be great rather than long.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

religion is for man and not man for religion

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

We have not been created out of nothing, but from primeval "ur-matter, " atoms formed billions of years ago that have for a brief while been gathered into collections that think they are us.

If you read a label and just look up the ingredients, you'll be able to figure out really easily what's good for you and what's bad.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

My method is subtraction. I use erasers to make the images in my paintings. You really have to see it to fully get it, but it is basically erasing shapes from a background of paint.

Don't look up to heaven, for what will you see in the sky, except stars, luminous but cold, wholly insensitive to pity?

The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin, That lays eggs under your skin.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.