We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. 

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. 

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Politics is not a game. It's an earnest business.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. 

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. 

 It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. 

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.