"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"The foundation of joy is courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Wisdom principle 81 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."

"At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't."

"Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa."

"Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way."

"It is a radiant truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform."