It is only in the human race that females beautify themselves to attract males. Among all the other living beings, it is the other way around.

The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. 

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for others well-being, is source of happiness.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defined society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plight may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, i almost certainly will.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.