“Of course education becomes very very important and that’s for our human resource development.”

You can’t have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that’s very important.

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.

We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It’s a different driver, this is exactly what’s happening to the cabinet.

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

As a child, the paddy field was my playground.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

But I have always said that it’s important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it’s very important.

Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Drop perfectionism, develop persistence.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.

Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.

Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.