you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.