My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.

I think [teacher] is the noblest profession.

Every moment contains a spark of eternity.

If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours.