The fear of failure kills creativity and intelligence. The only thing it produces is conformity.

The fear of failure is not just the greatest fear of man, it is the fear of man. All other fears are avatars of the fear of failure.

The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life.

Failure is a social taboo.

Can we quantify failure in degrees and say, ‘on a 10 point scale this failure causes this much pain?’ Extremely difficult.

The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life,

Failure is like flu. It can happen to anyone. Just as it is difficult to find a person who hasn’t had the flu, it is difficult to find someone who has not been stuck by failure at some time.

I'm sick of the images trapped in my headI'm sick of being preoccupied with the dead

I wondered what you'd have on the side with a plate of Deep Fried Anxiety. Pickles? Coleslaw? Potato-strychnine mash?

Carve out and claim the time to care for yourself and kindle your own fire.

I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking.

I cannot speak for the way God deals with others; I only know how he deals with me personally.

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another.

Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose.

Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.

I'm no different than you.

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.