Freedom is not given - it is taken

It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertion, we shall be able to preserve with your own strength.

In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to build, we are not going to establish charity institution, as there shall be no needy or poor, and no alms-giving and alms-taking.

Mother's milk is available only to the offsprings of mammals. Birds, insects, aquatic beings and many other life forms have other own ways of feeding their young.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. 

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

If you emulate somebody, you may create an identity crisis for yourself.

There is tension all over the country. The party in Bengal has done substantial work. They have eliminated a few officers. The Englishmen are terrified. As a result, they have started sending their families to Britain. After some time, they will realise that they cannot exercise authority over India.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Do not cry, new wishes, new dreams will take place. The unspent years of joy will happen and there will be no sorrow left.