Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

National interest and the interest of the people in power may be at loggerheads at times.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade.

अगर अभी भी तुम्हारा खून नहीं खौला तो यह खून नहीं पानी हैं। 

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.