The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.

People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.

We live in a world where there is a need for pluralistic institutions and for recognizing different types of freedom, economic, social, cultural, and political, which are interrelated.

I remain instinctively hostile to communitarian philosophy and communitarian politics.

Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.

I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.