Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

I have only my own burden to bear.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.

The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover honest criticism.

To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.