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 .

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

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance.

What is history, indeed, but a record of change?