I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

Perfection is a lie, and lying to others is explicable but lying to oneself is the highest form of deceit.

A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have.

In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled.

I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house.

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto.

Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

If you have the stomach for stocks, but neither the time nor the inclination to do the homework, invest in equity mutual funds.

One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It's a shame, because if I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.

Melt their weapons, melt their hearts, melt their anger with love.