The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Lessons from Here and There

by Sudha Murty

Money comes with expectations and spoils the delicate equilibrium of social work.

When someone gets cheated, that person gets upset not because they have lost money but because he or she realizes that they have been foolish enough to be tricked by someone.

only diseases and not honesty and integrity are passed down to the next generation through genes.

There is a saying that when you get a gift, don’t think of its price because it is the thought that is more important.

if people want to hide their background, it is left to their value system.

‘Cricket teaches us to share success but tennis teaches us individualism.’

A child is always innocent but we adults are ignorant and hardly innocent.

I am like a water tap in a dry area—unthanked if it runs and cursed if it doesn’t. I have learnt to be patient and to recognize people’s intentions.

I learnt that I must always stand up for myself and follow my heart, even if other people do not always agree with me or like it.