No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

Freedom is not given - it is taken.

It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.

Give me blood and I will give you freedom!

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.

Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong. Remember the eternal law: you must give, if you want to get.

The secret of political bargaining is to look more strong than what you really are.

When we stand, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a wall of granite; when we march, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a steamroller.

We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr's blood.

It is only on the basis of undiluted Nationalism and of perfect justice and impartiality that the Indian Army of Liberation can be built up.

Writing is the emotional morphine.

Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.

Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do.

If you think it is spiritual to burn food in front of starving people in hopes that your gods will bring this back to you in triplicate, you are missing the point and sowing animosity from all sides.

When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

We're stronger than we realize.

The most melancholy thing about human nature, is, that a man may guide others into the path of salvation, without walking in it himself; that he may be a pilot, and yet a castaway.

I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.

The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.