If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But….

If you only knew what it did to me to have lived in that house where the police were bursting in to take everyone away! I certainly didn't have a hap….

To become our enemies - what an absurdity. A crazy absurdity when you stop to think that we, Muslims and Hindus, had conducted the struggle for indep….

I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years old at that time, and was going to ….

I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because the….

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive..

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river..

When [my father] asked me to help him, I really didn't suspect the consequences..

I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them..

I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it..

In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too..

I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and for as long as I don't get tired..

People often ask me: Who has influenced you the most? Your father? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes, my choices were fundamentally influenced by them, by the spir….

In India you don't find propaganda against Pakistan. During the war there was a little of it, naturally, but even during the war we were able to cont….

It's the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I'm not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in na….

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose..

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it..

You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many….

Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reasons I go on taking difficult path….

Have you ever climbed a mountain? You see, once you arrive at the top of a mountain, you think you've reached the highest point. But it's only an imp….

The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life..