“What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.”

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.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason toward my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.

Don’t tell anyone what you got planned they won’t understand it or will try to prevent it. Be great in silence. The magic is within your creation, not within the opinion. Strive to be better than what anyone expects.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.

Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?

I keep my opinions to myself. I’ve always said that everyone is free to think what you like.