From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, more than 750 million tons of chemical wastes were discarded.

I have come to believe that extracting natural gas from shale using the newish technique called hydrofracking is the environmental issue of our time. And I think you should, too.

Hope means hang on.

All neurotics seek the religious

Who is the great man? He who is strongest in patience. He who patiently endures injury, and maintains a blameless life--he is a man indeed!

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

You can pretty much trace when the big individual indebtedness kicked in, and it was when the credit card became generally available.

I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development.

I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it.

Are there grounds now and then for an unironic smile?

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

I can't concentrate in flats.