The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life.

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.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.