The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.

The service of India means the service of those teeming millions steeped in poverty, ignorance and disease. To see that in my lifetime we can soften these harsh edges of extreme poverty and unleash a new economic and social revolution which will bring out the latent creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of our people, I think that's what I feel, I think.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

I think there are enormous possibilities. And today there are no I think barriers to increased cooperation with India and the United States.

There may be a difference of the pace at which India moves, but there should be no doubt whatsoever about the direction in which India is going to move in years to come.

Pakistan should be a moderate Islamic state. That it should be a prosperous country is in India's interests, and it is in the world's interests.