Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can look after the quality of education on the school even as we expand the availability of schooling.

There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first direction to go, [but] that need not prevent you from doing all the other equalities that you want.

A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting.

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.

[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.

Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many different identities - related not just to religion but also to language, occupation and business, politics, class and poverty, and many others - we can see that the polarization of one can be resisted by a fuller picture. So knowledge and understanding are extremely important to fight against singular polarization.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.