The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly.

We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.