I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others have not been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new. 

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. 

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

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temple; my philosophy is kindness.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliban, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.