“I am not afraid to die, but I am afraid not to live.”

“Don’t just make a living, make a life – don’t just inhale, but breathe – don’t just avoid death, but be alive.”

“Let the poor be your god, and your service to them, be your religion.”

“Cleanliness is not next to godliness, it is godliness. When the mind is cleansed of all primordial impurities, then and then only real godliness of actual practical potential begins to manifest.”

“You can age for a thousand years, and still, no wisdom will ever manifest, because for true wisdom to manifest, the mind must be free, in the actual sense of the term, and the head must be held high with utmost nobility.”

“Civilization is not the one that has an abundance of material objects to incessantly crave for, rather true civilization is the one that has an abundance of contentment regardless of material possession.”

“I don’t know all the answers, only idiots think that they have all the answers. All I do, is try to understand.”

“I wouldn’t give 2 cents for all the fancy principles, doctrines, philosophies, sciences and institutions in the world, if behind them they didn’t have plain ordinary everyday conscience guiding them in the right direction.”