Truth can't be hidden for fear that somebody would exploit you.

The cycle of being and not being will continue till eternity, So will our illusion, that we are, we will be.

Everything is at stake, there’s no option to stop now. We can break at this point, but we cannot bend now!

Free and fair elections have again demonstrated that Jammu and Kashmir is part of India, and the people want to remain with it.

What is the age of death? Not even a couple of moments. Life is a progression, it’s not a matter of a day or two!

I am able to see myself from the eyes of others, I am neither silent nor am I singing!

It is easy to win elections by raising slogan of “garibi hatao” but slogans do not remove poverty.

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

No guns but only brotherhood can solve the problems.

India is not a piece of land but a living entity.

I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.

Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand, for victory will be ours.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.