Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

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

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. 

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. 

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. 

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.