Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically…Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception, perfect knowledge, perfect power, and perfect bliss…Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads to destruction. Respect for all living beings is non-violence…
Birth does not lead to greatness; but cultivation of numerous virtues by a man leads him to greatness.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.
