...For Gandhi, simplicity was the way of life. When the British invited Gandhi for peace talks, Gandhi saw no particular reason to change his attire, which was same as millions of his fellow countrymen. Gandhi met with Lord Irvin with the advantage of having won a moral victory. "I have caused a great deal for trouble for your government. But as men, we can set aside our differences for welfare of the nation" he said to the immaculately dressed viceroy, on occasion of which Churchill is said to have made his infamous comments.

"It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious middle temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the east, striding half-naked up the steps of the viceregal palace, while he is still organizing and conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the king-emperor."

-Winston Churchill
1930

..The following year, Gandhi met face to face with Churchill during the Indian round table conference - "...I have an alternative that is unpleasant to you "he told Churchill and his clan of imperialists. "India demands complete liberty and freedom...the same liberty that Englishmen enjoy... and I want India to become a partner in the Empire. I want to partner with the English people ... not merely for mutual benefit, but so that the great weight that is crushing the world to atoms may be lifted from its shoulders".

Winston Churchill loathed Gandhi. Gandhi loathed none.

One of the kids asked the President the secret of his success and Kalam had no qualms in spelling it out: "S..W..E..A..T.

"I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I do what I do because I have to. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.

If all of us were busy calculating the worth of what we do, we'd probably do nothing, because you can't gauge your effectiveness that easily. Everything you do is just one of a million things that a million people are doing."

                                                                                           -Arundathi Roy

"Motivation is my biggest strength. I am never short on enthusiasm or short of energy to wake up and go after a goal. I always had it as a kid. If I want to attain something I will do anything to covet that. Rather than sit back and look at negatives, I turned it around and asked how I could turn things around. Nothing is difficult to achieve if you want it bad."

-Leander Paes