I say this as the president of the country which has suffered more deaths, more blood and more sacrifices in this war.

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

I practice Transcendental Meditation and I had enough exercise. I am one who thinks that not only need to have patience, we must persevere. If you do it right you'll see results.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.

No child ever became ‘good’ by being told that she or he was bad or by beating her/him.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored.

Happiness is not dependent upon outer circumstance. Happiness is falling in love with everything around you, everything inside of you.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.

I'm a terrible cook, so I usually eat out with friends.

Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now.

One way of submitting your moral intuitions in relation to some issue to cognitive therapy is to learn more about how people in other cultures think about it.

Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye.