I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.

I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

I know there isn't anything I can do that will please everybody. But if I have done according to my beliefs, I sleep very very well.

Your approach and response to issues will determine how people will relate and deal with you per time.

Horror shares an edge with hilarity.

Obession makes everything possible

Maybe crazy is just the word we use for feelings that will not be contained.

How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity.

If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

How can an unsteady mind make itself steady? Of course it cannot. It is the nature of the mind to roam about. All you can do is to shift the focus of consciousness beyond the mind.

He laughed. I suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh with him, to sit here, or maybe outside in the rain, and just laugh with him. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t even smile.

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

Traveling is my form of self-education.