The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.

Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.

The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our children. So we have to handover to them at least as it was handed over to us.

How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.

There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.

If you give me rice, I'll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I'll eat every day.