“My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in charity? And how much taxes have you paid?”

When there’s doom and gloom, don’t forget there’s darkness before dawn.

I am interested in government spend quality, as it accounts for the biggest chunk of the social spending pie. Hundreds of foundations put together cannot equal what the government can spend.

When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times.

In India, one has to have faith in equity. What are the alternatives – real estate, debt? If debt can give you 6 percent, equity can give you 15 percent.

Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.

What happens is the market really booms when people really leverage and they really leverage when they make a lot of money.

I think true love – love, wine and beauty, they better with age.

People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends.

I am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That’s very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.

What India needs is ease of doing business and inherent faith in the ability of Indians to catch an opportunity.

I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.

These dire predictions of COVID are behind us. Covid is getting milder and people are learning to treat it better. The percentage of deaths is coming down. We are learning to live with it.

Bull markets are Test matches and not 50-over games.

I started my life with Rs 5,000.

Markets may in the short-term correct. But in a bull market the correction is always sharp, swift and short-lived.

There has to be a period of consolidation in the IT industry. Similarly in pharma, I think India is going to be a world power. We have the lowest cost, good technology, Indian companies are gaining size.

If the world cares about my poems, I need to take care of the poet.

When I stopped caring about every other content creator, I became the best one.

Most of the time I care more for the happiness of others than for my own.

I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I’ve always been a size 14 to 16, I don’t care about clothes, I’d rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

Take care of yourself, there is none like you.

I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.

Love yourself as you are, and take care of your body. Your body is the temple of your soul.