Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere.

Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.

-- Pythagoras

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.

-- Hypatia

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.

-- Hypatia

Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.

-- Xunzi

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

-- Benjamin Franklin

Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.

-- Averroes