Big bait, big fish.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.
The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country’s freedom.
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself. What better book can there be than the book of humanity ?
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
One should not interpret the word ‘revolution’ in its literal sense. Various meanings and significance are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it. For the established agencies of exploitation it conjures up a feeling of blood-stained horror. To the revolutionaries, it is a sacred phrase.
The elimination of force at all costs is Utopian and the new movement which has arisen in the country and of whose dawn we have given a warning is inspired by the ideals which Guru Gobind Singh and Shivaji, Kamal Pasha and Reza Khan, Washington, and Garibaldi, Lafayette and Lenin preached.
By Revolution, we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty of the proletariat should be recognized and a world federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism and misery of imperial wars.
I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offense. It is child’s play for God. Why did He not kill warlords? Why did He not remove the fury of war from their minds? In this way, God could have saved humanity from great calamity and horror.
It is beyond the power of any man to make a revolution. Neither can it be brought about on any appointed date. It is brought about by special environments, social and economic. The function of an organised party is to utilise any such opportunity offered by these circumstances.
Force when aggressively applied is violence and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it has its moral justification. The elimination of force at all costs in Utopian.