Kanhaiya Quotes

“No account of the history of the Allahabad High Court can ever becomplete without an honourable and detailed reference to PunditKanhaiya Lal Misra and the multifaceted and many splendoured trailthat he has left behind not only in the field of Law but in almost everyother sphere of noble human activity.”

“I as a Judge of the Supreme Court of America should not be emotional", said Chief Justice Earl Warren, "but I must confess that though I have travelled all over the globe but never was I moved more emotionally than by the speech of the learned Advocate General of -Uttar Pradesh Mr. K.L. Misra today".Sri Siddharth Shankar Ray, Advocate”

“To write about him is to write about Greatness. To discuss him is todiscuss Intellectual Brilliance. To think of him is to think of Modesty,Simplicity and Lucidity. To remember him is to remember Nationalism atits finest hour. He was not one of those who merely achieved greatnessnor certainly one of those upon whom greatness was thrust-he was infact born great.”

“The judicial wheel is rounded with equality, oiled with honour and functions smoothly with honesty – principally when both members of the Bench and Bar shoulder their responsibilities seriously.”

“Conduct, not speech, flowery”

“A dog to vomit does turn,A fool to folly but return,The wise err and learn,Gaining from each burn.”

“Reason will always be logical, Logic not always reasonable, For truth from reason derivable, And logic falsehood multipliable.”

“When you lose reasoning you forget humanity,When you forget laughter you lose Divinity. Munindra Misra”

“Hypocrisy a homage is true, That vice pays to virtue, Be man - himself so true, That no false does he brew.”

“Speech one may regret,Silence no sorrow begets,Humility be born before honour,Soft answer turns wrath’s corner”