My reason and inspiration to lose weight and stay fit is my youngest son, Anant, who is fighting obesity. I would like to be an example for him.

Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential.

My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go.

What I have learnt is that it is important to pursue your passion more than your legacy; if you have a passion with a purpose, then everything else fits in.

I strongly believe in my own rights and wrongs and impose them on myself and my family.

Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams.

I dont like talking about any projects till they solidify and take off.

Wealth and power don’t go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.

Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.

I like to have everything smiley and happy for my husband. Men don't want to see a grumpy face at the end of a hard day.

The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness

I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any cause.

The freedom is really free only happened in this life: after life is pseudo freedom

My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I've ever had in my life.

Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.

Blame and victim thinking are so ingrained into the fabric of our society it's hard to find a role model anywhere who simply practices personal accountability in all things.

Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longing to know.

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

For people that don't have any interest in the psychology of nuance, who need everything to be in their face, who don't want to analyze... those aren't the people I romanticize about dressing.

For me, what all these years of psychedelic taking came to was a new model of how reality works, a new model of what the world is.