In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law.

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness.

In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.

We don't want to keep secrets anymore.

I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

What is in the Constitution is the burning desire and aspiration of all the people of Vietnam. So for the moment, we don't think about opposition parties.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

People are so annoying. All my pianists look exactly like poets

When he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad lot.

I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over.

Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.

I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.

Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.

Nothing is so unequal as equality.

Ledley King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.