During the Japanese invasion, bombs had fallen from the sky and people could run for cover. Now, they exploded in the middle of the road, or in the fields while people were playing soccer.

Merdeka!' the Malay man screamed.'Merdekaaaaaa!' the sea of people echoed.

Relationships are like gardening. If you don't water the plants, they die.

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.

The best way to do it, is to do it!

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.

For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.

Listen to the unstruck sounds, and what sifts through that music.

What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans.

The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.