No one really wants to admit they are lonely and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people and these extreme radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims and going on to include Christians and Jews.

It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong and about the law just punishment and discipline.

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual and of the people as a whole not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Well I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God not you and the Church.

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.