t doesn't matter from which caste, creed or culture one belongs, what matters is that everyone is a citizen of India and there should only be pride in that they are Indian.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, from my idea of God.

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. 

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Tell the children the truth.

Once in the dream of a night, I stood Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang; And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Nay, do not grieve the' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossoms and Ashoka leaf.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.