At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

One life is not more important than another; every life and every species is important to maintain ecological balance and coherent evolutionary process. Conscious human activity is the only way; give it a chance.

Unless you are constantly striving to be inclusive in every possible way, you will not explore the full depth and dimension of what you are capable of.

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.

Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.

You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.