If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.

The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.

The flower fades and dies; but he who wears the flower has not to mourn for it for ever.

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.