“Great causes and little men go ill together.”

America is a country no one should go to for the first time.

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.

A tyrst with destiny – A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom.

India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

A country is known by the way it treats its animals.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.

History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.

Most things, except agriculture, can wait.

I don’t have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don’t have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.

This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.

I have one underlying principle in mind: the principle of Muslim democracy. It is my belief that our salvation lies in following the golden rules of conduct set for us by our great lawgiver, the Prophet of Islam.

I haven’t ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

As an actor, I don’t feel like it’s necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn’t needed.

Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

I’m not the best audience for that because I’m not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.