No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

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 .

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

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

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.