“Despair is a free man—hope is a slave.”

“The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king.”

“Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.”

“Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries -- slave of prejudice … slave of religious fanaticism … slave of barbarity and inhumanity.”

“We are slaves, all of us...Some are slaves to fear. Others are slaves to reason—or base desire. It is our lot to be slaves...and the question must be to what shall we owe our indenture? Will it be to truth or to falsehood, hope or despair, light or darkness? I choose to serve the light, even though that bondage often lies in darkness.”

“I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than to live live as a puppet or a slave”