The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness. Miriam Defensor-Santiago avoidbasicdalai Change image and share on social
My father said, 'Aren't you going to do anything to help people? We have a whole rack of relatives who are always breaking the law. At least help your relatives.' And so that's what I did. Miriam Defensor-Santiago breakfatherlaw Change image and share on social
Numerically, half of our high-ranking government officials should be women, and half should be men. And yet the division between the sexes is highly disproportionate in favour of men. Miriam Defensor-Santiago disproportionatedivisionfavour Change image and share on social
Sisyphus, you know, had an easy life. Miriam Defensor-Santiago easylifesisyphus Change image and share on social
Planet Earth is estimated to have a lifetime of nine billion years. And we're right smack in the middle of our lifetime. We've been in the universe for 4.5 billion years. So, that should mean something. We should sort of take a look at where we came from and where we are going. Miriam Defensor-Santiago billionearthestimate share on social
I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height of insufferable hubris. I believe in just immediately putting to death or just putting over the cliff people who assume they know about God. Miriam Defensor-Santiago assumecliffdeath share on social
Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care. Miriam Defensor-Santiago carecountrydevelopment Change image and share on social
What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable. Miriam Defensor-Santiago acceptableangryattune Change image and share on social
There are five requirements for an accused to turn state witness. One of the requirements is that the accused does not appear to be the most guilty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago accuseguiltyrequirement Change image and share on social
In effect, the Internet is a global connection of interconnected computers. It has been described as truly a peer-to-peer system with many distributed nodes and no central point of control architecture. Miriam Defensor-Santiago architecturecentralcomputer share on social