It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.

There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

Learn as if you will live forever.

Nations are born out of travail and suffering

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.