We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.

True democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.

The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.

That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.

India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.

The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.

Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.

Meeting you was fate..Becoming your friend was a choice..But falling in love with you I had no control over.

Until our education system is repositioned to take care of the tripartite nature of a human being - head, heart and hand, we cannot make healthy progress as a nation or individuals.

A perfectly evil Devil makes even less sense than a perfect God.

That's what you did when someone was having a hard time. You fed them. It was a tradition that crossed all cultures.

Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment

One of us... One of them... One of us... One of them... A rhythm playing like train wheels on a circular track -- never ending but going nowhere.

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

As with any music that one feels quite close to, I'm very critical, too. I care a lot. I pay a lot of attention.

He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.