You can change friends but not neighbours.

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.

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?

We do not believe that a nuclear war should be fought, and we do not believe that a nuclear war can be won.

You do not become outstanding by working on your weaknesses.You become outstanding by focusing entirely on your strengths.

...a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit.

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

I think all of us ordinary mortals tend to mythologize people as good-looking as you.

Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.

The career of a movie star consists of helping everyone else forget their troubles. Using charm and beauty and good cheer to make life look easy.

Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.

You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward.