Nothing is black or white.

The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.