For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. 

When you make fun of somebody who is hurt, you add insult to their injury!

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

If you're going through hell, keep going. 

Intuition and urge are two different things. You must learn to differentiate between the two.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. 

Nay, do not grieve the' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossoms and Ashoka leaf.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.