Adbul Kalam

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

I haven’t put a pencil to a piece of paper, working out a problem, in years; I do it in my head.

One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Everybody should have the opportunity to do and be everything they can be.

Truth over Harmony.

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

The partnership of mind and matter is one which has existed since the beginning of time and cannot be dissolved.

I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

I do not like to be unkind.

[Moving to the West] was a culture shock. I had never seen cereal before! We had cottage cheese and pancakes in Russia, not colorful circles that came in cardboard boxes.

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’