Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.