The contemporary media is guilty of shortchanging the real meaning of news.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. 

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

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

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. 

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we revise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

 If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. 

Without surprises life could be boring.

I am just one human being.