In order to understand people, we have to understand their way of life and approach. If we wish to convince them, we have to use their language in the narrow sense of the mind. Something that goes even much further than that is not the appeal to logic and reason, but some kind of emotional awareness of the other people.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.

If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Samskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance and so long as this endures and influences the life of our people, so long will the basic genius of India continue. If our race forgot the Buddha, the Upanishads and the great epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata), India would cease to be India .

We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.