Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.

I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.

No one wanted that marriage, no one. Even Mahatma Gandhi wasn't happy about it. As for my father...it's not true that he opposed it, as people say, but he wasn't eager for it. I suppose because the fathers of only daughters would prefer to see them get married as late as possible.

In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.

I had recently had the impression they were changing - not so much by becoming less pro-Pakistan as by becoming less anti-India. I was wrong. My visit to [Richard] Nixon did anything but avert the war.

I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.