Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

Rain can be a boon or a curse depending upon its timing.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. 

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 

I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'

Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.

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

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.