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

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

'He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.'

'What I like doing best is nothing. It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.'

O'er all the hilltops Is quiet now, In all the treetops Hearest thou Hardly a breath; The birds are asleep in the trees: Wait; soon like these Thou too shalt r…