It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.

Nonviolence has come among men and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world.

I hold no man to be indispensable for the welfare of the country.

The platform of services is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

Art to be art must soothe.