This is something that everyone has to understand: you don't win anything on your reputation.

Successful people suffer because they work beyond their energy.

Somebody accumulates a lot of muscle and think himself to be a big man. But this big man is only big when all around him are smaller.

Growth by accumulation only is sickness.

Corruption has seeped into every section of life.

Automobile companies are always allergic to any kind of environmental movement.

Ram Rahim was not a spiritual leader but a lowgrade film star that the media enjoyed talking about.

People have to know that when momentum for a national movement has to be built, basic things have to be talked about first.

People should look at building long-term businesses, not just selling a business.

I think family businesses are still crucial for India's economy, but they need to professionalize. For young entrepreneurs, too, family should play a significant part.

There is no such thing as Dravidian ideology. Some people just made it up, maybe to win elections.

The problem with humans is that they are unable to handle their own intelligence.

Tamil people are generally considered very intelligent. But there, politics runs in a different way. Movie stars have a larger-than-life image in Tamil Nadu, and people vote for that image.

When we say Tamil, we are not talking of a language but an entire civilisation.

I love games, and I'll play any. Games are a way of training ourselves to be heavily involved without being serious.

There are certain rivers which can be linked, which will be beneficial especially for flood mitigation... It will be very useful process, but all rivers in India are not fit to be linked.

When we are young, revolution is the most romantic thing.

It's very important when you are young you don't take sides; you look at everything fresh and see, what is the best thing we can do? For ourselves, for the society in which we live, the country in which we live, the world in which we live, what's the best thing we can do?

Spiritual process means approaching your well-being in a scientific manner as a technology for well-being.

If a man aspires for a political career, he can start at 18 and go on and on. This is not true about women, who fall back when marriage and children happen, which are equally important. That is not gender bias.

Fearmongering has always happened, which, through technology, is being spread faster.

We think the government is running the country, but it is just a policymaker. Unknowingly, people are inviting the government to run their lives. The only business of the government is to come up with the right policies.

Youth - the most significant aspect of youth is that it's full of energy.

Our life is a combination of a certain amount of energy and a certain amount of time.