“The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.”

“I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.”

“I have never been a part of the numbers game. We are not racing horses, who should be numbered. Either the work you do is good or bad.”

“Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow.”

“I know not what I could have been, but feel
I am not what I should be — let it end.”

“I've got no particular desire to play ten minute solos. Those were never valid anyway in my book -- never. It was just a cheap way of building up a tension in the audience…A solo should do something; it shouldn't just be there as a cosmetic. It should have some aim, take the tune somewhere. I'm not saying I can do it, but I try and take the tune somewhere.”

“Satsangis should never understand themselves as alone, and they should never feel that they are helpless and alone, because they are never alone; they are never helpless. The gracious hand of the perfect Master is on their head.”

“You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.”

“It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows”

“If I could always read I should never feel the want of company.”