“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?”

I do not do any trading internationally.

I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.

I’m not a clone of anybody. I’m Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.

I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.

I am buying the most unpopular, most battered stocks, but then who knows?

There can be no greater well wisher for me in life than my mother.

In commodities, when prices go up, demand goes down. In stocks, when prices go up, demand goes up.

Growth comes from chaos, not order.

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.

I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.

Don’t walk under the coconut trees.

Guaranteeing health care as a right isn’t radical. It’s what every other major country already does.

You shouldn’t care what other people think. Love yourself for who you are.

There’s nobody who cares more about you than you, and there’s nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations – can never effect a reform.

The election is not just about the economy, climate change, education and health care. This is about whether we retain American democracy.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.