The most exciting moments in mathematics are when you discover that two seemingly unrelated areas are deeply connected.

Exile is not just a geographical concept; you can be an exile in your own country, in your own family, in your own skin.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.

I'm the same person I always was. I haven't changed just because I won the Ballon d'Or.

The power of a man, is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good.