Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid. 

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

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

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. 

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

No distinctions of caste and creed should hamper us. All are the sons and daughters of India. We should all love our country and build our destiny on mutual love and help.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation of individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.