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If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Samskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance and so long as this endures and influences the life of our people, so long will the basic genius of India continue. If our race forgot the Buddha, the Upanishads and the great epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata), India would cease to be India .

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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.

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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

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Ignorance is always afraid of change.

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To be successful in life what you need is education.

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Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.

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