The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.

Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom.

It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable.

Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul.

The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart.

True love is more than physical, emotional and romantical. It's an acceptance of all that has been, that is, will be and will not be.

But the place where we're most broken, most empty of ourselves... is the place where we can be filled in a way that is harder for people who haven't experienced a loss.

What weeping adds quietly to your life. Happiness can't even have idea of it.

People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames me. -Streetwalking with Jesus

Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that.

I know ladies don’t sweat, but something was running down my face in great rivulets.

Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.