I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.

In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.

You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.