Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this.

Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.

The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.

We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.

If all of us work in accordance with rule of law, if rule of law is implemented, we are all safe, investors are safe, people will be safe.

Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.

Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.

By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.

It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.

Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man?

Shepherds use religion to fight wars, sheep fight over religion.

There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don't let it go, grab it.

A man who never sees a bluebird only half lives.

Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?

Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to live – a new way to be human.

Pinot noir is the ultimate wine to have at the table. It's a white wine masquerading as red...[while] chardonnay is a red masquerading as a white.

I ask for help. I tell Life what I want, and then I allow it to happen.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.