You can’t always choose who comes into your life but you can learn what lesson they teach you.

It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces.

The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.

It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor. In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.

I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.

The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

If someone judges you, they are wasting space in their mind…The best part, it’s their problem.

Success can come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.

I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.

Treat me right and you will see the light…Treat me wrong and you will be gone!!

It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.

I received my parents’ permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

If someone judges you,they are wasting space in their mind…Best part, it’s their problem.

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures

As far as employees are concerned, clearly I like to communicate with them, since we are more than 40,000 people. I like to communicate either through e-mail or through video conferencing, which we do very often, and stream out videos and interviews. But more than that, I believe in traveling to my branches.

As far as the banking industry is concerned - and I am sure it must be true for various industries as well - is that the only thing that is constant is change. Your business models are changing, the customer demands are changing and the regulations are changing constantly.