There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

In 25 years of exile, I've never had a frozen account, either in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

I hope all you wish for comes to you, And you become who you're hoping to be.I know you will prosper in all you do, So promise you'll remember me.

Spirituality is not an achievement it is a relationship.

Family is everything!” he always said when he went overboard with sentimentality. “If you don’t have family, what do you have?

Parts of my 20s and 30s have gone by in a flash but my childhood is with me all the time.

Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.

Recognize reality even when you don't like it-especially when you don't like it.

The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised.

If you keep examining your mind, you'll come to see that thoughts of who you are and how it all is are creating the reality you're experiencing.

I am suggesting to you the simple idea that people work harder and smarter if they find their work satisfying and know that it is appreciated.

Education is the transformation of civilisation