Peace Is Not Merely An Absence Of

Action Itself, So Long As I Am Convinced That It Is Right Action, Gives Me Satisfaction.

We End Today A Period Of Ill Fortune And India Discovers Herself Again. The Achievement We Celebrate Today Is But A Step, An Opening Of Opportunity, To The Greater Triumphs And Achievements That Await Us. Are We Brave Enough And Wise Enough To Grasp This Opportunity And Accept The Challenge Of The Future?

What Is History, Indeed, But A Record Of Change?

I Have Become A Queer Mixture Of The East And The West, Out Of Place Everywhere, At Home Nowhere.

I Want Nothing To Do With Any Religion Concerned With Keeping The Masses Satisfied To Live In Hunger, Filth, And Ignorance. I Want Nothing To Do With Any Order, Religious Or Otherwise, Which Does Not Teach People That They Are Capable Of Becoming Happier And More Civilized On This Earth, Capable Of Becoming Master Of His Fate And Captain Of His Soul.