I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. 

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. 

अगर अभी भी तुम्हारा खून नहीं खौला तो यह खून नहीं पानी हैं। 

India is calling. Blood is calling to blood. Get up, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms! we shall carve our way through the enemy’s ranks, or if God wills, we shall die a martyr’s death. And in our last sleep we shall kiss the road that will bring our Army to Delhi.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

Generally speaking, the Smritikaras never care to explain the why and the how of their dogs.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he is well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. 

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

 In a theist state, religion affects even atheists!

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.