Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.

It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.

I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.