We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

Life is not just about winning and success. It has a lot to do with learning from mistakes.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defined society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot log retain it. 

In a consecrated calm, forgotten yet. Of the keen heart that hastens to forget old longings in fulfilling new desires.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.