Every Little Thing Counts In

The Spectacle Of What Is Called Religion, Or At Any Rate Organised Religion, In India And Elsewhere, Has Filled Me With Horror And I Have Frequently Condemned It And Wished To Make A Clean Sweep Of It. Almost Always It Seemed To Stand For Blind Belief And Reaction, Dogma And Bigotry, Superstition, Exploitation And The Preservation Of Vested Interests.

There Are Two Things That Have To Happen Before An Idea Catches On. One Is That The Idea Should Be Good. The Other Is That It Should Fit In With The Temper Of The Age. If It Does Not, Even A Good Idea May Well Be Passed By.

The Ambition Of The Greatest Men Of Our Generation Has Been To Wipe Every Tear From Every Eye. That May Be Beyond Us, But So Long As There Are Tears And Suffering, So Long Our Work Will Not Be Over.

When The Present Is Full Of Gloom, The Past Becomes Haven Of Refuge That Provides Relief And Inspiration.

Culture Is The Widening Of The Mind And Of The Spirit. It Is Never A Narrowing Of The Mind Or A Restriction Of The Human Spirit Or The Country's Spirit.