"Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education."
"I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders."
"You cannot get into business for the fashion of it."
"The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups."
"I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it."
"With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people."
"People are the key to success or extraordinary success."
"The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesn't affect them."
"If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there."
"The important thing about outsourcing or global sourcing is that it becomes a very powerful tool to leverage talent, improve productivity and reduce work cycles."
"A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education."
"Over these years, I have irrevocably transferred a significant part of the shareholding in Wipro, amounting to 39% of the shares of Wipro, to a trust."
"The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture."
"Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors."
"You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is."
"People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare."
"I can't have my employees sitting in traffic when they should be in the office. Spending two-and-half hours in the car is a huge waste of productive time."
"If one has been blessed or have been fortunate enough to have got much more than normal wealth, it is but natural that one expects a certain fiduciary responsibility in terms of how that wealth is applied, used and leveraged for purposes of society."
"The concept of the strong linkage to the family is breaking down in Western nations."
"There are 600 districts in India. Every district in India has a teacher-training institute."
"You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run."
"Frankly, I don't know how many companies there are, globally, which are truly global."
"Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India."
"We entered the global market only in the end-'80s, and that was because imports became more liberal."
"I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business."
