The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

 सच्‍चा धर्म वही है जो स्‍वतंत्रता को परम मूल्‍य की तरह स्‍थापित करे।

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

COVID-19 has proved that death is no longer an equalizer

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

It is better to deal with wrongs immediately than to postpone your action till it snowballs into something big.

 It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. 

National interest and the interest of the people in power may be at loggerheads at times.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.