India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions.

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.

There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.

Equity is compromised due to the privatisation of education. Education has become a commodity. Those who can afford to buy it, buy it, and those who can sell it make money out of it

During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.

why are we here?where do we come from?traditionally, these are questionsfor philosophy, but philosophy is dead

I will never be below the title.

Nobody knows you. You don't know yourself. And I, who am half in love with you, What am I in love with? My own imaginings?

If it is permissible to write plays that are not intended to be seen, I should like to see who can prevent me from writing a book no one can read.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

I don't need politicians doing a 24-hour prayer with Oral Roberts to get our country back on track.

I wanna sit behind the scenes and see nothin' but the greens.

No matter what we say, entertainers are usually quite insecure, wobbly characters underneath, and maybe that bit of glory or that bit of expression or whatever it is compensates in some area.

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent

Have the courage of your convictions once you have made a decision.