After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.