One issue that the new pope should face is the problem on terrorism and the reasons for its being,

One issue that the new pope should face is the problem on terrorism and the reasons for its being. I hope that the new pope may cause its downfall the way Pope John Paul II did with communism -- in a way that speaks with love, understanding and non-violence.

Hope is the raw material of losers.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.