In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.

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.

The greater part of our lives is spent in dreaming over the morrow and when it comes it too is consumed in the anticipation of a brighter morrow and so the cheat is prolonged even to the grave.

Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd

I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Gimme a couple G's for every emcee I knocked to his knees. Verbally useless, 'Oh you got the juice?' I squeeze you juiceless.

The pillars of classical liberalism call for flat taxes, with revenues put to limited uses; strong property rights; and free markets.

The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day.

I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.