China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

Life is never free of contradictions

May the Father’s will be done in my life.

Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.

I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.

His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

Compliment but do not covet.

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

Waiting is the hardest work of hope.

Insanity is in the eyes of the beholder. So I will continue to live my personal folly.

Happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.