“Power does not justify sin. Power is not virtue. Virtue is that which lasts inspite of power”

“Skill without passion would have been drudgery. Passion without skill would have been torture.”

“I seemed to have lost my husband and best friend simultaneously and to each other. Something warned me that I would get back either both or none.- #Draupadi”

“No person is great in isolation. It takes many hands to shape a life. Denial would mean conceit, and conceit is not the same as self-respect.”

“Truth is a kaleidoscope - it alters with perspective”

“Peace is the first casualty in every ambition.”

“When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.”

“Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.”

“Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.”

“She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves,so we're able to forgive them.”

“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”

“The pause .... where wisdom has space to appear”