Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

There is not love where there is no will.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.