Resolutions aren't self-executing. Somebody has to provide the soldiers, take the risks, risk their blood and their treasure to go out and implement such a resolution.

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

Diplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.

At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Bankers play far too great a part in the conduct of industry.

It was really dreadful to be so different from other people…and yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed from another star.

There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment - closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable.

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.