Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Life should be great rather than long.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

religion is for man and not man for religion

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

Sometimes I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am

It's been six months since I took a bite of that shiny, forbidden apple, and I've never been the same.

I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.

I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.

Only the impossible is worth the effort.

The camera looks into your soul.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

There are things you don't want to know you can do

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

Do you really miss anything that was worth watching at the MTV Awards?