I have great respect for Angela Merkel, even if we have a lot of differences.

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself.

That might sound shocking to some - and don't worry, I don't see myself as a king.

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

We will succeed, because we are fully committed, because, wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.

I had decided that I wanted a dog from an animal shelter. Normally, presidents have purebred dogs, but my is a Labrador-griffon mix. Absolutely adorable.

For me, Europe consists of three things: sovereignty, unity and democracy.

I refuse to give into the sad reflex of French envy because this envy paralyzes our country.

My predecessor taxed wealthy, successful people at a higher rate than ever before. And what happened? They left. And what came of it? Did unemployment drop? No.

Post-modernism was the worst thing that could have happened to our democracy. The idea that you have to deconstruct and destroy all grand narratives is not a good one.

If this enormous pressure didn't exist, I wouldn't have been elected. It would have been one of the usual candidates.

God is trustworthy—He always keeps His promises.

Even when the lightening flashes inside them we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, the next pain, the next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.

When people die, ' she said softly, 'It doesn't necessarily mean you're ready to give them up.

Personal qualities are much more important than qualifications.

Where music leads, I follow.

We're like lightbulbs. If bliss starts growing inside you, it's like a light; it affects the environment.

You always ask if I'm okay But it's not the same as being happy

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

... Revenge, ... All of a sudden, revenge started brewing in the back of their minds.