My job will not be easy but I am convinced the problems will be solved in a quicker and more efficient way if there is unity and consensus.

Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives.

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.

The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

What is GRACE?An individual, inspiring and virtuous impulse, that streams the spirit with life!

In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.

No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions equally elusive: the individual, the mind, the society

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

The people who stand on the sidelines and criticize aren't actually in the arena, spilling their blood.