You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.

It's not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn't be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.

What we do now, on the other hand...Don't think that I'm crazy about this kind of politics. It's no accident that I've done everything to keep my sons out of it, and so far I've succeeded. After independence I retired immediately from politics.

As a nation, I believe we've acquired faith in ourselves.