Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

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.

A man who is afraid will do anything.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.

It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.

History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.

It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.

I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government.

The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere following Gandhi’s assassination.

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.