Famous Quotes About India

“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition.”
— Mark Twain

“If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days, it is India.”
— Romain Rolland

“India is, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.”
— Mark Twain

“India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.”
— Hu Shih

“So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds.”
— Mark Twain

“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”
— Albert Einstein

“To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

“The Indian way of life provides the vision of the eternal harmony of the soul.”
— George Bernard Shaw

“India is the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages.”
— Will Durant