Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.

Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.

I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.

I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life.