Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. 

Only human beings can be inhuman.

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

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

Your future can be secured by what you are sowing today—not what you are harvesting today.

Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

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

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

No distinctions of caste and creed should hamper us. All are the sons and daughters of India. We should all love our country and build our destiny on mutual love and help.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.