Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.

The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.

You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we made a democracy work.

To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.