The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.

History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.

If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.

Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.

Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

Seek those who find your road agreeable your personality and mind stimulating your philosophy acceptable and your experiences helpful. Let those who do not seek their own kind.

Reach out for, then embrace your heart consciousness.

All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisationof their dreams.

They say the mad live in a world of dreams, or nightmares. I just need to find the way out.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

Those who devote their lives to earning a living are incapable of living a human existence.

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Culture, like the kingdom of heaven, lies within us, and not in foreign galleries and books.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.