I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out.

It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.

Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.

India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.