"It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us."

"Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific."

"You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life."

"Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another."

"To master the mind is to understand that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"The paradox of freedom is that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."