The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.

Our entire family is replete with sentiments of patriotism. Uncle Swarna Singh left for his heavenly abode in jail in 1910, two or three years after my birth. Uncle Ajit Singh is leading the life of an exile in foreign countries.

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.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. 

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.