We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Freedom is not given - it is taken

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.  

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.  message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. 

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.