Gather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man.

Intelligence can be used to manipulate.

Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the Communist bloc. They did not envision the mass displacements of people we are seeing today.

Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.