One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom.

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb...And the more you climb, the more you want to climb - even though you're dead tired.