We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.

I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.