It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

It is better to deal with wrongs immediately than to postpone your action till it snowballs into something big.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. 

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

The best way to get a bad law repeal is to enforce it strictly.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

 It is human beings’ sinister mind that produces viruses as biological weapons.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.