To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came.

I would stand there at times and remember how beautiful God created this world, and then I would be reassured that he would certainly take care of me and all of my loved ones.

By the end of the war, I could pick out Jewish people almost as if I had a sixth sense about it, even if they had blue eyes and blond hair. I would have been a very valuable Gestapo person.

I had no real communication with anyone at the time, so I was totally dependent on God. And he never failed me.

I felt peace, even though I was still scared to death. I thought that, whatever would happen to me - I could still be killed. I didn't know - and in what I'd already been through, God was in control.

All during that prison time I really lived by prayer. Be in prayer always, we're told, and back then I was.

But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do.

After the prayer they executed an armed robbery. That sounds very strange this many years later: prayer and then armed robbery.

I'm sorry to say it, but it was hard on me to see life continue all around.

The worst is, I remain so stone cold. Does this war make you an 'alive-dead person'? Is it not possible to remain yourself in this chaos? How long still?

The sound of natural things was wonderful to us. In the middle of all the suffering, it seemed pure, untouched.

With proactive support and full engagement of top leaders, Change Management can become an enjoyable voyage to discover the new landscape of businesses.

If there are no barriers to cross or demons to slay in the journey to reach your desired destination, how can you call it a success?

I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

For so sworn good or evil an oath may not be broken and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.

There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain.

Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest.

Many marriage tragedies are caused, not by lack of money, but rather by the mismanagement of it.

In this 21st century, bedtime doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you set for your DVR [Digital Video Recorder].

Growth will be slower, no one denies that. But the question is: Where are the chances and opportunities now? I see some positive and some negative trends.