1. Work is my religion for work builds, I believe. 2. For me there is no better religion than the one that builds inside the human beings a sense of dignity and self-esteem. 3. In times of conflict, nation ought to intensify its contacts, discard failed approaches and try new ones. 4. Let us move beyond cosmetic changes into substantial new policies. 5. Charity destroys, work builds. 6. I believe, as a society we have to evolve, through experimentation, a system which combines the principles of individual freedom and common ownership. And that is what we have tried, basically with success, in all our projects, involving leprosy patients, tribal people and the so-called %u2018 disabled%u2019 persons. 7. Consider the honeybee. Its treasure is nectar, obtained even from the chilly plant. It is not at the cost of the flower. In fact, its act of extracting honey contributes to the progress of the flowers. You need not learn from Kahil Gobran, Marx or Gorbachev, not even from Gandhiji. Choose instead to learn your lesson from the honey bees as your silent partners; they will show you how to develop without destroying. 8. Those who do monumental work don%u2019t need monuments. 9. Joy is more infectious than leprosy. 10. Our governance is by a gerontocracy. This cataract of history can only be removed by youth. In this common man%u2019s century, only the common man can change the profile of this country. 11. When leprosy patients touched the soil, they transformed it into gold, but the polit
