There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

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.

To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience... If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

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