Hope is life's greatest treasure. If you have no hope, create some!

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being.

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.

One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria. These, like everything else, change according to historical circumstances, the character of a society, the time and subjective points of view.

We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought ,"I am still young and have a lot of time, so I can relax and take life easy" is a function of our own weakness.

The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual.