“It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.”

Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.

The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.

In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.

Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.

There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.

I’m not actually from Compton – I’m from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I’m there all the time.

The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don’t forgive yourself, you’re not going to forgive your kids, either.

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

My mother pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that if this incredible dream I had didn’t work out, I would have something to fall back on.

A father doesn’t say, ‘Don’t go that way.’ He says, ‘come follow me.’

My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion – 24 hours a day for years.

A twenty three year old hits on me in a coffee shop in venice, and I ask him if father is single.

I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, “I want a Dad.” But you won’t abide in anyone.