I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half dozen children, is good quality

I think a stalwart peasant in a sheepskin coat born on the soil whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations with a stout wife and a half-dozen chickens is good quality.

God doesn't bless us just to make us happy

Kindness is gracious demonstrate sensitivity and human warmth.

He was a good boy and ‘projected’ goodness – which later would be the downfall of many a person.

War he sung is toil and trouble Honour but an empty bubble.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.

What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question 'What's the potential opportunity that this is?'

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

There is a social responsibility to take care of vulnerable people. It seems that a sensible social responsibility is obligatory education, but also decent education, and that is not happening.

The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.