Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

I deny the very existence of that Almighty Supreme Being.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.  

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remove ourselves.

Today we must remove distinction of high and low, rich and poor, caste and creed.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.