We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

Shame is the mental discomfort with a physcial situation.

Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.

Weak leaders use others to defend them. The strong fight their own battles.

It is only when we grow old that we learn why we should have been more respectful towards our elders.