Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

Water will be more important than oil this century

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.

The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.

The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction

Stories are psycho-diagnostic ― they diagnose the condition of our psyches. When we watch, read or hear a story, whatever detail jumps out reflects an issue in our psyche that requires our attention.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together...

The Universe will give us love, happiness, merriment and laughter if we give others love, happiness, merriment and laughter!

Love grows by service.

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.

The finest wits have their sediment.

I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his most endearing qualities.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Aand in the end, Having my freedom, boast of nothing else But that I was a journeyman to grief?

Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it's way.