“Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.”

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.

Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

The future has to be lived before it can be written about.

Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence – so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only – or well that’s excessive – usually, the resistance.

Learn to live between effort and surrender. Do your best and hope for what you want, but do not resist the direction of the wind.⁠

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.