The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

religion is for man and not man for religion

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

Though, I was born a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu

Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.

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

One cannot have any respect or regard for men who take the position of the reformer and then refuse to see the logical consequences of that position, let alone following them out in action.

Every man must have a philosophy of life, for everyone must have a standard by which to measure his conduct. And philosophy is nothing but a standard by which to measure.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.... Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.

... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

The lost are never saved by confessing and the saved are never restored by believing.

I started a PhD in English at the University of Chicago because I loved poetry-which I now realize is like saying I studied vivisection because I loved dogs.

Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

It is impossible for human beings, constituted as they are, both to fight and to have ideals.

I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.