I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

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

It is only when we grow old that we learn why we should have been more respectful towards our elders.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. 

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: then it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

The last moment is past; this moment is present; and, the next moment will be future. The past, present, and future change with every tick of the clock.

You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.

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.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defined society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins.