Principles focusing on equality and fairness, those are principles that we can't let go of.

We all ought to be equal and not see discrimination based on gender, race, or sexual orientation.

Jack Layton taught us to believe in a new approach to leadership.

I'm proud to be part of a generation that is looking ahead and wants to see a brighter future.

My goal is to become Canada's first multicultural prime minister and represent the changing face of Canada.

My approach is that all policy ought to be evidence-based.

We're seeing that women continue to make less money, they continue to face violence.

Personally, I'm a lazy kind of guy, and leaving the door open on the mystical saves me work. I don't have to stress my brain trying to explain the unexplainable. It's magic. End of discussion.

What does not contain love must contain an illusion.

Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.

I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me.

Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting and idleness.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.

At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would be to destroy the delicate fluency of silence.

Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face.

I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.