The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Cooperation

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another -- until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Medicine

I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.

Peace

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Survival

Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great deal of pain, and that the rewards in the end may not outweigh the pain --if you recognize historically that always happens, then when it comes, you survive it.