Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so he could create this galaxy just so he could create Earth so he could create human beings so he could create a family.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.

I learned that, with grief, you have to take it one day at a time and learn how to find the happiness amid the heartbreak.

I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

I don't have any fear of death. I do, however, have an inordinate fear of becoming dependent on other people. To me, that's the severest test, not death.