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The respect that I have got is not for Narendra Modi or the PM of India. It is respect for the people of India.

There's the kind of people like me, who spent years in India, have learned Sanskrit, have done this work deeply - they probably say for lifetimes - now interfacing [with the mainstream].

The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.

The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. There's nowhere else in the world where that's quite so true.

The socialism that India can assimilate is the socialism of the spinning wheel.

The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never been there.

The soul of India lives in its villages.

The spinning wheel and the spinning wheel alone will solve, if anything will solve, the problem of the deepening poverty of India.

The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.

The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.

The surgery of the ancient Indian physicians was bold and skilful. A special branch of surgery was dedicated to rhinoplasty or operations for improving deformed ears, noses and forming new ones, which European surgeons have now borrowed.

The truths which are represented in England and Western countries generally, are those which refer to force of character, earnestness of purpose, conscientious strictness, noble charity, practical duty, whilst the truths which I find peculiarly developed in India - developed to a greater extent than anywhere else, - and in the Eastern countries generally, are those which have reference to sweetness of communion, sweetness of temper, meekness and resignation unto God.

The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

The true India resides in its villages.

The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.

The United States and India can work together.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.

The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation.

The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis in ancient India; and science in its most advanced stage now is closer to Vedanta than ever before.

The wealth that increases by giving, That wealth is knowledge and is supreme of all possessions.

The West has yet to discover anything so hygienic as the Indian toothstick.

They are fighting for the chair while I am fighting for your happiness.

The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

The world has changed. India cannot sit isolated in one corner and determine its future.

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

The young generation of today is globally connected. They want to live in an equitable and efficient India. We have to be ready for this, and work for this.

They say that this century is going to be an Asian Century. I am very clear that without embracing the path and ideals shown by Gautam Buddha this century cannot be an Asian century!

This is an election where there is a tea seller from the Opposition, and to defeat him, everyone has come together. They say Modi should not come. This is because those who looted the nation know that after 16th May what is going to happen.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

This festival... the festival of Makar Sankranti... is our way of showing love towards nature. While global warming poses a serious threat to the world and mankind, this message of love for our environment is extremely essential.

This century is going to be linked with the virtual world. Maybe in the days to come we will have virtual malls and digital manufacturing. Change is coming fast and we need our urban areas to keep pace with these changes.

This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and pure.' So deeply has this been recognized in India, that there we even speak of adultery in marriage, except when marriage is consummated in prayer.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

This is a world where everybody’s gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody’s gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that . . . Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I don’t wanna do. All the things that I don’t wanna be. Places I don’t wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I don’t understand that . . .

This is how you falsify reality, ... The problem in India is not the Islamic fundamentalists. It's the Hindu fundamentalists, who will destroy India in the end.

This is the line of life, this is the line of growth, and this is the line of well-being in India - to follow the track of religion.

This missile test reflects India's mindset, ... India's desire to control the subcontinent will never become a reality.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man.

Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related in the Mahâbhârata, starved themselves to death and gave their last meal to a beggar. This is not an exaggeration, for such things still happen.

Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.

Three-quarters of India lives on the edge of the market economy. You can't tell them that only those who can afford water can have it.

Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the so-called weaker races of the earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation in which England is the greatest partner.

Time, for example, is intimately connected with the goddess Kali, which partly accounts for her destructive nature. Energy - in Einstein's equation, E=MC2 - is personified in India as Shakti in her various guises.

Time has come to show India's strength to the world. Lets recognise our demographic dividend & present image of a Skilled India to the world.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.