Gujarat Quotes

My philosophy is: not only do we have a right to be ourselves,

we have an obligation to be ourselves.

Football is a simple game;

22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes,

and at the end,

the Germans always win.

As an example to others,

and not that I care for moderation myself,

it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep,

and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

I never coach for the tie.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths,

but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens,

you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Why are we,

as a nation so obsessed

with foreign things?

Is it a legacy of

our colonial years?

We want foreign television sets.

We want foreign shirts.

We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with

everything imported?

Nothing new here,

except my marrying,

which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

Friendship,

like the immortality of the soul,

is too good to be believed.

The whole point of being alive

is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.

We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference,

accepting the false pattern set up by

the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws.

Laws made by common consent

must not be trampled on by individuals.

The world can change if you stay true to your vision.

What material success does is provide,

you with the ability to concentrate

on other things that really matter,

And that is being able to make a difference,

not only in your own life,

but in other people's lives.

If music be the food of love,

play on.

Re examine all you have been told.

Dismiss what insults your soul.

Because a paper has more patience than people.

True power is service.

Wherever I go,

as long as I get a hot vegetable dish,

I am okay.

If I am in Gujarat,

I have Gujarati food.

If it's Shillong,

it's northeastern.