It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. 

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Our gut feeling originates in the realm of our stomach.

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.