Words worth keeping

Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly.

I am nobody's enemy and to none am I hostile. My aim is unity and I insist that it should be absolute.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings.

India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history.

There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!

A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.