A truly beautiful person is one who is good at discovering beauty.

As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a virtuous person from a malevolent one, however, is whether one can candidly admit to ones mistakes and take bold steps to redress them.

Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives in the relationships between one person and another.

A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

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.