Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.

People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.

I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done.

Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need.

I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage.

You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday.

I myself am just an ordinary woman. I simply had no choice.

I remained Lailah, the redeem soul.

The bureaucrat is a man who administers things and people, and who relates himself to people as to things.

Unlike exotic fruit or fancy cars, democracy is best if it is grown locally. It may take root in the common desire of the people who choose to adopt it, but it cannot be imposed from the outside.

Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.

Never follow a dog act. You know you're on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life.

Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.

I'm a very sensitive person, and I feel what makes me vulnerable. But I see that as a good thing. I really enjoy experiencing all the different emotions in life.

Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.

I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum I know I am a great mother.

Tell me what I can do to help you feel better." Well...I always like when you kiss me... "Do you?" You're good at it. "Well, that's lucky. Because I'll always be kissing you.