“The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.”

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

Play the hand you’re dealt.

Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

The vote controls everything that you do.

Education is free. Freedoom of education shall be enjoyed under the condition fixed by law and under the supreme control of the state.

Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.