The culture of caring and giving permeates many Indian…

Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring.

— Nelson Mandela

My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push…

— Aarti Mann

Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do…

— Vidya Balan

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.

— Aravind Adiga

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor…

— Mira Nair

“Death by Trivial Pursuits”

— Dean Cavanagh

Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes.

— Tunde Adebimpe

Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.

— Richard Dawkins

“We should associate only with positive, focused people who we can learn from and who will not drain our valuable energy with complaining and…

— Donald Pillai

It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.

— George H. White

I love and collect contemporary art and go to all the art fairs. I love Damien Hirst and Matthew Barney. I grew up in…

— Nouriel Roubini

Do not waste this life in vain pursuits.

— Isaac of Nineveh

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

— Ovid

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we…

— Henry David Thoreau