Trust is such an important principle for me. I want to believe in the best of each person, and some time back, I have experienced that trust being broken - which shook me to the core.

The world will continue to be hit by natural disasters and hateful mass killings, but communities bounce back stronger, so keep going.

Success is making a positive difference to other people, especially seeing others grow, succeed and thrive as a result of your own small contribution.

Malaysia didn't end up winning any gold medals at the Rio Olympics, but had set new records and brought the nation closer, so keep going.

Rarely does a candidate think ahead and take the time to understand what the hiring company's priorities are, and then carefully presents himself as a 'solution' to the company's existing gaps/needs.

I seek advice from my wife, who has been with me for 20 years and knows me better than I even know my own self.

Some people can have a dark side, completely the opposite of the image they portray.

My sons are my proudest 'accomplishments' in life and I get energised seeing their individual personalities develop as they grow up.

You could have died later on, you could have died after peace had been declared. But, in any case, you were going to die.

Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often people get offended by it.

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

For young people today things move so fast there is no problem of adjustment. Before you can adjust to A, B has appeared leading C by the hand, and with D in the distance.

It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money.

No one looks back and regrets leaving this world. What's regretted is how real we thought it was.

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.

You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.

I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.

In early times, it was easier to control a million people than to kill a million. Today, it is infinitely easier to to kill a million people than to control a million.