Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

In India, we are forced to choose our specialisation very early, whereas in some other countries, this can be done much later in life. While the British have abandoned this approach, we in India seem to be struggling with the old British system of education.

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

By high school, I was putting the music for the services together and teaching Sunday school to everybody's kids.

Girls' education is no silver bullet. Iran and Saudi Arabia have both educated girls but refused to empower them, so both remain mired in the past. But when a country educates and unleashes women, those educated women often become force multipliers for good.