Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was the second President of India from 13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967. He was one of the most celebrated writers of India, and his works are many and varied on philosophical, theological, ethical, educational, social and cultural subjects.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

- Theosophical Movement

• Into the bosom of the one great sea

Flow streams that come from the hills on every side,
Their names are various as their springs,
And thus in every land do men bow down
To one great God, though known by many names.
- Hindu View of Life

• It is not safe to be immoral ... Against the rock of moral law, earth's conquerors and exploiters hurl themselves eventually to their own destruction. While yet there is time ... we must take steps to prevent the helpless rush of man to his doom.

- Education, Politics and War

• We want religious heroes who will not wait for the transformation of the whole world but assert with their lives, if necessary, the truth of the conviction 'one earth, one family'.
• True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.
• He is truly a religious man who professes what he believes and practices what he enjoins.

Abul Kalam Azad