“It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.”

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.

There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.

Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.

For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God’s help.

If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.

Hate knows that love is the cure.

The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.

If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.

You can’t pay enough money to cure that feeling of being broken and confused.

The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.