We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974?

Death is the only fantasy that becomes real for all humans.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar...

Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

You're a beautiful girl, and you can do anything you want in life.

I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.

You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.