In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.

The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there.

Don't be quick to leave the class of discipline

The gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the reader more curious, more open-minded.

My take on celebrity is simply that some of us have to make a bigger fool of ourselves than others.

I always dreamed that I'd be a singer. I didn't dream about being a star or anything. I just knew I wanted to sing.

It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters.