"Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think."

“The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.”

“If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.”

Source : "Herta Müller: a life in books". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2012.

“Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning, transformation, and growth-or rage, fear, shame, entrapment, and resistance. The choice is not up to our opponents, but to us, and our willingness to face and work through them.”

Source : Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith (2001). “Resolving conflicts at work: a complete guide for everyone on the job”, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

“The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.”

“Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.”

“Look here: "Mo' money, mo' problems," my ass. You's a naive cat if you still believe that.”

“Speak the language of the person you want to become.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

“I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.”