There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
INDIRA GANDHIThere are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
INDIRA GANDHIWhenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
INDIRA GANDHIThe fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
INDIRA GANDHIPeople with clenched fists can not shake hands.
INDIRA GANDHIYou soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
INDIRA GANDHIMartyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
INDIRA GANDHIIt’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
INDIRA GANDHIEvery democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
INDIRA GANDHII learned very soon to get along by myself.
INDIRA GANDHITo me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
INDIRA GANDHIThe power to question is the basis of all human progress.
INDIRA GANDHIThere exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
INDIRA GANDHII’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
INDIRA GANDHII’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
INDIRA GANDHIMy grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHIIn all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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