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

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.

Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

The governance framework is there to encourage the efficient use of resources and equally.

I don’t know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn’t as efficient.

We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.

Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.