Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?

Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other.

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

There's competition at every phase of your life. The day we start thinking about it, you lose your peace of mind. I don't compete with anyone.