In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.

Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.

For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.

You must also understand us - always undervalued, underestimated, not believed. Even when we believed, you didn't believe us. You said, 'How is it possible to fight without violence?' But without violence we obtained freedom.

Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and doctrines and they tend to impose on the developing nations their own norms and methods. The pattern of the classical acquisitive society with its deliberate multiplication of wants not only is unsuited to conditions in our countries but is positively harmful.

Mahatma Gandhi was always talking of religion...He was convinced that was right...The fact is, we young people didn't agree with him on many things.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.