Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

 It is my nature to be a friend of the friendless.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. 

Take to the path of dharma – the path of truth and justice. Don’t misuse your valour. Remain united. March forward in all humility, but fully awake to the situation you face, demanding your rights and firmness.

I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.