“A country is known by the way it treats its animals.”

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.

Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

The future has to be lived before it can be written about.

Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.

My first crush was this kid in kindergarten who told me he had tigers in his attic as well.

A lot of my dreams have to do with animals I think because I’m such a huge animal lover. I have so many pets. I always have crazy dreams where I’m like riding an elephant through the jungle or hanging out with a bunch of monkeys.

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.

As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.

Defend the Bible? I’d sooner defend a lion. You don’t defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.

Having a teenage daughter is like riding a young horse over an unknown steeplechase course. You don’t know when to pull up the reins, when to let the horse have its head – or what.