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.
Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
Time is not measured by the years that pass by, instead by the things you do, feel or accomplish...
It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance.
The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.
The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
It is always more difficult to fight one’s own failings than the power of an adversary.
A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere following Gandhi’s assassination.
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out.
Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.