The Indians and Pakistanis are literally brothers.

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.

One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

Slavery was never abolished.It was just renamed.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.

Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.

I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.

Her countenance was all expression; her eyes were not dark but impenetrably deep; you seemed to discover space after space in their intellectual glance.

Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will burn only what you are not.

The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.