In 1931, when Ambedkar met Gandhi for the first time, Gandhi questioned him about his sharp criticism of the Congress (which, it was assumed, was tantamount to criticising the struggle for the Homeland). “Gandhiji, I have no Homeland,” was Ambedkar‘s famous reply. “No Untouchable worth the name will be proud of this land.”
It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.
Instinct is the marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
There is some good in this world, and it‘s worth fighting for.
Avoiding the friendship of those who resemble elephants, seek the companionship of those who are like dogs; for an elephant will kill his mahout whom it has known for a long time, but a dog dog will wag its tail even as the spear thrown at it is still in its body.
People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and they've managed to lead happy contented lives. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.
"We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.”
"In all the world there is nothing so curious and so interesting and so beautiful as truth..."
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
"Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill-though not the will to kill."
