“There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action.”

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

No joy can equal the joy of serving others.

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.

Education has to cultivate humility and discipline, but today it is yielding a harvest of pride and envy.

Education must be orientated towards the attainment of character for leading clean simple lives.

The learned man’s life itself shines as the message for mankind.

I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game-play it. Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a dream-realize it. Life is a sacrifice-offer it. Life is love-enjoy it.

Real education should enable one to utilise the knowledge one has acquired to meet the challenges of life and to make all human beings happy as far as possible.

Education has to endow you with an eagerness to surrender.

College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common level of mankind, your lives will not be happy.

Education should serve to enlarge the vision and broaden the outlook of the people.

The universe is a great university.

It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.

Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.

If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today? Then do it!

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I’m angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?