This is why we feel that democracy's important: because democracy allows you to have small explosions and therefore avoid the bigger explosions.

I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.

To meet her is to feel utterly humble,

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.