“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”

“Always dare to be in the company of those stronger than you. Sooner or later, you will be stronger than those who were once stronger than you, but unfortunately, they joined the company of those who are weaker than them!”

“The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution—for it is Christ’s body on earth.”

“I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it as it goes. "

“A vakil should know human nature. He should be able to read a man’s character from his face. And every Indian ought to know Indian history.”

“you can’t buy security”

“I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.”

“we often place too much emphasis on making decisions and too little on managing the decisions we've already made.”

“Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

“My difficulties lay deeper. It was more than I could believe that Jesus was the only incarnate son of God, and that only he who believed in him would have everlasting life. If God could have sons, all of us were His sons. If Jesus was like God, or God Himself, then all men were like God and could be God Himself. My reason was not ready to believe literally that Jesus by his death and by his blood redeemed the sins of the world. Metaphorically there might be some truth in it. Again, according to Christianity only human beings had souls, and not other living beings, for whom death meant complete extinction; while I held a contrary belief. I could accept Jesus as a martyr, an embodiment of sacrifice, and a divine teacher, but not as the most perfect man ever born. His death on the Cross was a great example to the world, but that there was anything like a mysterious or miraculous virtue in it my heart could not accept. The pious lives of Christians did not give me anything that the lives of men of other faiths had failed to give. I had seen in other lives just the same reformation that I had heard of among Christians. Philosophically there was nothing extraordinary in Christian principles. From the point of view of sacrifice, it seemed to me that the Hindus greatly surpassed the Christians. It was impossible for me to regard Christianity as a perfect religion or the greatest of all religions.”

“The more positive you think the earlier you will discover opportunities and the easier you will overcome obstacles.”

“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”

“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever and ever, the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.”

“You may be tall; you may be short. You may be a black; you may be a white. One more thing to keep behind your mind is that you "your purpose is unique". Anyone who is thinks he is clever enough will mess up when he/she wears your shoes; it won't fit!”