All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.

My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya.

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.

Love is the subtlest force in the world.

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.