“Healing requires conscious choices”

“Peace is a conscious choice.”

“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

“The members of a society do not make conscious choices in arriving at a particular way of life. Rather, they make unconscious adaptations.... they know only that a particular choice works, even though it may appear bizarre to an outsider.”

“My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.”

“Fate is how your life unfolds when you let fear determine your choices. A path of destiny reveals itself to you, however, when you confront your fear and make conscious choices.”

“This right of free choice is no special privilege claimed by the Germans alone. It is an elemental requirement of human justice.”

“The healing of a nation is a slow process that requires patience. It begins with truth telling, the confession of wrong-doing, the genuine respect for forgiveness and the willingness to accept the consequences of one's actions.”

“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”

“Rationality requires a complete knowledge and anticipation of the consequences that will follow on each choice. In fact, knowledge of consequences is always fragmentary”