I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it.

We were to equally strong types [with my husband], equally pigheaded - neither of us wanted to give in. And...I like to think those quarrels made us better, that they enlivened our life, because without them we would have had a normal life, yes, but banal and boring.

Poverty assumes so many aspects here in India. There aren't only the poor that you see in the cities, there are the poor among the tribes, the poor who live in the forest, the poor who live on the mountains. Should we ignore them as long as the poor in the cities are better off? And better off with reference to what? To what people wanted ten years ago? Then it seemed like so much. Today it's no longer so much.

It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little, I was working.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.