Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

A literary genius, it is said, resembles all, though no one resembles him.

All our world organizations will prove ineffective if the truth that love is stronger than hate does not inspire them.

Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures.

Human life as we have it is only the raw material for human life as it might be.

Spiritual life is the genius of India.

One has to achieve not merely technical efficiency but greatness of Spirit.

Wealth, power and efficiency are the appurtenances of life and not life itself.

A life of joy and happiness is possible only on the basis of knowledge and science.

Knowledge gives us power, love gives us fullness. ……

Peace can come not by political or economic changes but through a change in human nature.

The greatest gift of life is the dream of a higher life.

When we think we know we cease to learn.

Tolerance is the homage which the finite mind pays to the inexhaustibility of the Infinite.

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.

The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.

Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced.

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.

Religion is behavior and not mere belief.

Atman is what remains when everything that is not the self is eliminated.

God is the Soul of all souls – The Supreme Soul – The Supreme Consciousness.

Man is a paradoxical being – the constant glory and scandal of this world.

Sanskrit literature is national in one sense, but its purpose has been universal.

We need not seek a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and free.

Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers’ Day.