Famous Hindi quotes — Tulsidas, Kabir, Premchand & beyond

सिया राम मय सब जग जानी

siyā rām may sab jag jānī

Know that the entire world is filled with Sita and Ram

Meaning: The divine is in everything.

— Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas

काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब

kāl karē sō āj kar, āj karē sō ab

What you would do tomorrow, do today; what today, do now

Meaning: A famous Kabir doha on the urgency of action.

— Kabir

सत्यमेव जयते

satyamēva jayatē

Truth alone triumphs

Meaning: India's national motto.

— Mundaka Upanishad

जय जवान, जय किसान

jay javān, jay kisān

Victory to the soldier, victory to the farmer

Meaning: A unifying call from a famous Prime Minister.

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

इंसान को इंसान बनाने वाली शिक्षा ही असली शिक्षा है

insān kō insān banānē vālī śikṣā hī aslī śikṣā hai

The education that makes a human truly human is the real education

Meaning: On the meaning of education.

— Premchand