"Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we "thought "the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not."

"Christians do not say that people should be reduced merely to what they can produce or what they can buy - that we should let the weak go under and only the strong survive. No, we say, 'Do to others what you would have them do unto you.'"

"Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life."

"We must understand that the British public's relationship with Europe is - and always has been, the sporting arena aside - about the benefits we can achieve in jobs, security, and quality of life from membership and how these benefits outweigh any disadvantages."

"I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we've got to face up to that fact."

"Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise to the awakening of self-awareness."

"Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion."

"The mind fixed in the awareness of the ONE is line a rock; unaffected by doubt, stable, secure."

"Those who have faith in the Veda and its authority can personally experience this."

"This day, the Government has no authority to reform the people; and the people have no authority the reform the Government."

"Mothers of those days were women of great piety and noble character.They practiced virtue and set an example to the children! only from the wombs of such noble women were born sons of high character!"

"Character is the most precious gift of education."

"Education should build character."

"A virtuous character is the lamp which illumines the path to peace and joy."

"The end of knowledge is LOVE.  The end of education is character."

"There are values far beyond those of contracts, markets and exchange"

"I have been fascinated by men and women of courage. People who took brave decisions in the service of great causes especially when more comfortable and far less dangerous alternatives were open to them"

"If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference."

"The attitude today is the root on which the future grows."

"The fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial."

"Only the rare individual will turn his full attention towards that divinity. Most people will see only the physical appearance of the chariot, its decorations and other such things as the fine raiment put on the sacred image inside, the costumes worn by the dancers and musicians, and all the sound and color of the festivities."

"I have no need to please others and to earn approval or appreciation. For, I and you are not different entities; you are I; and I am you."

"Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness of temper -the peculiar blend of all these qualities is modesty. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women."

"Devotional singing induces in you a desire for experiencing the truth, to glimpse the beauty that is God, to taste the bliss that is the Self. It encourages man to dive into himself and be genuinely his real Self."

"You can find the footprints of God wherever there is beauty, virtue, humility, justice, truth, love and peace."

"The greatest beauty aid for women is virtue."

"The beauty of life depends upon our good habits."

"If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.  "

"When human body itself is made of flesh, where is the need to consume the flesh of birds and animals? You should partake of only sacred food. Only then you will have sacred feelings."

"It has been well said that the food one consumes determines one's thoughts. By eating the flesh of various animals, the qualities of these animals are imbibed. How sinful is it to feed on animals, which are sustained by the same five elements as human beings! This leads to demonic tendencies, besides committing the sin of inflicting cruelty on animals."

"Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal), one should start on the path of sacrifice."

"Anger can be subdued only by forbearance and cruelty can be overcome only by nonviolence."

"Anger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty."

"Anger is the harvest of the bewitching mind; it enslaves man and fogs his understanding."

"Hello, Do not greet anybody when the heart is filled with anger distrust etc. Have, instead, a pure hollow from which a whole hearted Hello emanates."

"Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal."

"Speak without anger or spite without any artificiality or formality straight from the heart.then you will be spreading joy and love among all."

"Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases,Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases."

"THE motherland is not a mere lump of earth. When we desire its progress, we have to promote the progress of the people who dwell therein."

"Another point; you desire that I should come to your houses, you pray to Me to do so, you grieve when I do not come, you start reviling yourself that you are poorer than others, that you are spiritually underdeveloped perhaps, and so on. I have no place in My heart for such distinctions and differences."

"Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity."

"Desire makes man forget his real nature and reduces him to be status of a beast."

"Wealth has to be earned through Righteousness. Desire has to be for Liberation."

"Desire is the worst enemy; it ruins many a human life. Desire when fulfilled breeds further desire."

"Each man carries his destiny in his own hands."

"With effort and prayer destiny can be attained.  Start the effort."

"Follow the Master, face the devil, fight to the end, finish the game."

"It is a fact that plants also have life like animals. But animals are endowed with mind, and nervous systems too while the plants do not possess the same."

"I - Want – Peace,  I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace."

"Peace, People clamor I want Peace , But they do not let go of I(ego) or Want(desire). I and Want deal with the outside world. Peace is inside, pieces are outside."