"Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual."

"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."

"Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves."

"Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices."

"Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone."

"As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."