Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie. Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.