If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.

Contemplation is a means of elevating the soul; through contemplation, humanity can gain a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the cosmos.

A nation's strength lies in the resilience and creativity of its people.