One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

You don't ever want to say to a young person, You can't, or, You are no good. Some people might be able to do it, but I don't think I am a policeman for literature. So I tell them, Sweat it out, do your best.