In Colombia today we have 16% of the population, which is a very small amount of the population owning 90% of the land and 20 years ago it wasn't like that.

I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.

In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of deciding who I wanted to be.

What we have in Colombia is a war against the poor and the guerillas from the left side are against the poor.

It is said that the compensation for the effort courage, tenacity, and endurance displayed during the journey was not happiness. Nor glory. What God offered as a reward was only rest.

I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the beginning of wisdom, as is was indispensable for survival.

If you believe what you say, words will become reality.

I no longer knew whether it was raindrops or my own tears that were flowing down my cheeks, and I hated to have to drag along this relic of a sniveling child.

Hostages want to survive - they are very focused on their own little view of things.

Sometimes I'm fragile, sometimes too emotional, but I'm putting everything I can on my side to be a happy person.

After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

Failure is an opportunity to reflect and realize.

History is important because it teaches us about past. And by learning about the past, ypu come to understand the present, so that you may make educated decisions about the future.

A daily habit of reflecting on the things that are good in your life, would surely help you to realize that your life is not as bad as you may think.

Don't be sad because it's over. Be happy because you can start over.

Nothing is interesting if you're not interested.

Nothing can prepare you for the yawning chasm of time that passes in Canada before the healthcare system actually does any healthcare.

Where it is the chief aim to teach many things, little education is given or received.

That's what's terrible about wars when whole societies adopt an impulse of objectification. Everything becomes black and white.

One writes to find words' meanings.

Being a lad is what I'm about. I can tell you who isn't a lad - anyone from Blur.