In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. 

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does become tainted.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.

Perfection spells stagnation.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.