“One should play and sweat. Life shouldn’t be bogged down by books.”

Ethics and Equity are at the core of debate of climate change. Debate has to move from Climate Change to Climate Justice.

Good roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.

Social media changed my thought process and connected me to the rest of the world. And as I started connecting, the world started accepting me as I was. Nothing could be more satisfying.

Let work itself be the ambition.

I don’t carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.

Both teachers and students must move ahead together for the nation to progress.

Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.

I challenge the challenges. I like to face the problems. I don’t run away from them. Whatever loss I have to face it, I face it.

These elections won’t be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity.

By getting an opportunity to serve society, we get a chance to repay our debt.

Religion to me is devotion to work and devotedly working is being religious.

We shall together open the doors of good politics and will work without indulging in political untouchability.

Let each one of us not waste electricity at home. By doing this, we will also light a lamp in the home of a poor.

With the gun you can make the earth red but if you have a plough you can make the earth green.

It’ easy to find information on Google guru but that’s not equal to gaining knowledge.

The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.

A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.

If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.

When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.

I do things differently, because I don’t go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that’s got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.