Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.

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

Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.