"I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself."

"It is a enduring truth that a life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea."

"Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country."

"Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain."

"I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure."