The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

We announced that there'd be no more starvation in India. And you responded, 'Impossible. You'll never succeed!' Instead we succeeded; today in India no one dies of hunger any more; food production far exceeds consumption.

If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react.

The life I've had, the difficulties, the hardships, the pain I've suffered since I was a child. It's a great privilege to have led a difficult life, and many people in my generation have had this privilege - I sometimes wonder if young people today aren't deprived of the dramas that shaped us.

You don't help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

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