Great causes and little men go ill together.

It is always more difficult to fight one’s own failings than the power of an adversary.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

America is a country no one should go to for the first time.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.

Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.

It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of human ity.

Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.

Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.