"The quickest way to be happy is to choose what you already have."

“In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.”

Source : "Vietnam picks new leader". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2001.

“I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.”

“Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it.”

“The hardest habit of all to break is the terrible habit of happiness.”

“We tell children what they should do when they grow up so we can impress the people next door.”

“What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to be logical? It is, of course, none of the above. It is the ability to play. Computers cannot have fun. They cannot fantasize. They cannot dream, they cannot experience emotion or summon intuition. These rare, precious qualities come naturally to every child on this earth yet they tend to be seen, by well meaning adults, as faults, foibles and failings. In pushing tiny toddlers to 'perform', we rob them of the ability to imagine.”

“Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief’s sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced.”

“It's my job as governor to set a vision.”