Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.

Inspiration is a divine element inside our life. When we are inspired, we try to climb up the Himalayas. When we are inspired, we try to swim the English Channel. When we are in spired, we go from one country to another country to inspire people and to be inspired by them. I feel that when we inspire humanity, we automatically become good citizens of the world. This is my philosophy. My weightlifting feats I have done solely to inspire humanity.

What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?

Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.