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.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.