"Some Muslim scholars argue that the concept of Democracy is not compatible with the concept of an Islamic state. But of course it is and the Quran outlines the essence of Democracy."

41 quotes

Ravi Shankar

Music

1920–2012

"The magic happens only when the artist serves with love and the listener receives with the same spirit."

"Europe is today only nominally Christian. It is really worshiping Mammon."

"I asked Rajiv to be frank. I had no love for office or power. I could walk out any time. I was like a sojourner in an inn."

"Whenever the people suffered, he was present to help reduce the pain."

33 quotes

Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali

Indian independence movement

1865–1928

"‘Every blow that they hurled at us drove one more nail into the coffin of the Empire.’"

"The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core."

"Why do people argue? Even the wisest of men have not found God through argument! Is God a subject for argument?"

"No one during the fifty years of freedom has attempted to tell the truth of contemporary history as you have done. So, in whatever form it comes, it is welcome..."

33 quotes

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Politics

linguistic purism

1883–1966

"Down to the day of Harsha... intermarriages were the order of the day."

39 quotes

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Religion

1917–2008

"One of the wise men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."

23 quotes

Sai Baba of Shirdi

1836–1918

"I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me and who seek refuge in me."

"The condition of the tribals is worse than those inflicted with leprosy. Purna swaraj can only be possible when the poorest of the poor is uplifted."

"The only Real Sacrifice is that in which, in pursuance of this Love, all things — body, mind, position, welfare and even life itself — are sacrificed."

"I never took a vow of celibacy as I was already practising celibacy."

"The courts are no longer cathedrals. They are...casinos where the throw of the dice matters."

"原文：Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change."

19 quotes

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Literature

Indian independence movement

1866–1915

"This diamond of India, this jewel of Maharashtra, this prince of workers is taking eternal rest on funeral ground. Look at him and try to emulate him."

"Sufi Movement International: Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan"

"Religions are like lofty peaks rising high above the surrounding plains of our physical being, merging, as it were, into the distant domain of heaven itself, beckoning the human spirit with grandeur."

25 quotes

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Law

1842–1901

"We must bear our cross…not because it is sweet to suffer, but because the pain and suffering are as nothing compared with the greatness of the issues involved."

"In carrying out the work of female education great impediments, some of them of an almost insuperable character, had to be overcome, and many defects had to be rectified."

"Amrita Sher-Gill: Art and Life: A Reader"

"The craze for power among elected representatives is the deathtrap of democracy. Once they get in to the positions of power, they become gluttons, like the hungry at the dining table."

25 quotes

Premchand

Literature

Progressive Writers' Movement

1880–1936

"Does being a man make all things forgivable and being a woman all things unforgivable?"

21 quotes

Subhas Chandra Bose

Literature

Indian independence movement

1897–1945

"not only narrow and selfish but arrogant very weak scientific foundation ."

"In my whole legal career I have not met worse types of criminals than in politics."

"“I believe that the Bengalis have never at any period held sway over a particle of land. They are altogether ignorant of the method by which a foreign race can maintain its rule over other races."

"Affirmative action in education is what we need -- not quotas," he said, delivering the 49th convocation address at the IIT Madras."

"To consider one’s creed as superior to that of every non-Muslim is the duty of a Mussalman."

4 quotes

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Literature

1838–1894

"When a man is in doubt what to do, he goes wherever he happens to be first called."

"Complete Works of Maha Kavi Subramaniya Bharathy"

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Indian independence movement

1883–1909

2 quotes

Michael Madhusudan Dutta

Literature

1824–1873

1 quotes

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