There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

What inflicts the mind, inflicts the body. What inflicts the soul inflicts the body. Physical wounds heal much quicker but spiritual, emotional and spiritual wounds takes much longer of healing.

Imagine life as ... black can become white, and white can become black. But white can remain if you show love and respect.

The most disgusting human trait is bias, because it typically leads to propaganda, hate and violence.

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

Read less, study less, but think more

For more than 13,000 days on the run, my life was a soap opera.

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.