"My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry."

"Everything in this world has a hidden meaning."

"I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed."

"Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."

"I believe in God and immortality."

"There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change."

"To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land would be a new beginning, when only to find it was not a beginning, but an end, an end of innocence - we apologise and we are sorry. To the mothers who lost the maternal right to love and care for their child - we apologise, and we are sorry."

"I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course."