If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India

To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.