A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

There has to be a global mission of human progress.

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.

Measuring nuclear yield depends on multiple parameters - the location and number of instruments, the geology of the area, the location of the seismic station in relation to the test site.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.

The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

I love the sea.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.