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I don't see the world as something divided between right and left.
The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.
Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.
Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.
Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.
The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
When [my father] asked me to help him, I really didn't suspect the consequences.
My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.
When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children.
I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.
Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
It's a law of life - check it and you'll see it holds true in every situation of life.
I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
I grew up like a boy, also because most of the children who came to our house were boys.
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
My sons...I was crazy about my sons and I think I've done a super job in bringing them up.
Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.
Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
When one has had a life as difficult as mine, one doesn't worry about how others will react.
Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.
My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.
Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.
I don't know how to put on an act; I always show myself for what I am, in whatever mood I'm in.
I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react.
To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice - I savored every minute of those years.
That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
Not only Negroes and Jews, but also women are part of a great revolt of which one can only approve.
Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.
At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things.
It was the very fact that no one ever imposed anything on me or tried to impose himself on the others.
in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.