• The plants do not come to the gardener; the gardener must go to where the plants may be.
  • Each plant has different needs at different times and the gardener must anticipate those and be proactive.
  • However tall a mountain is, and however torrential the rain on it, it cannot hold water. To hold water, you need to make your mind a valley.
  • I am not the purpose, I am the mode of conveyance; like a municipal water pipe, my job is to deliver the water and not quench my own thirst.
  • Imagination is everything. If we can imagine a future, we can create it, if we can create that future, others will live in it. That is the essence of success.
Category Archives: Monthly Archives: July 2010

July 30, 2010 |
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Thank you for inviting me to address you today. It is a privilege and an honour to welcome you to India. When your High Commission asked me to speak on the subject, I thought, it would help to take a … Continue reading


July 2, 2010 |
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what is exciting about our work is that we are bringing a whole new set of things into it. Ten years ago, if you asked whether I would bring a scientist to lecture at Prithvi, I would say ‘no’. But … Continue reading