We're humans. Why always turn human attitude into political behaviours? I hate 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.

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 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.

Turn back to humanity – to the world – to love! Become gardeners – whatever you want! – become nothing! – and the whole of space will be free for you.

It is easy to know your purpose in life, because you choose your purpose in life.

There ain't nothin' that makes a man feel more alive than white-hot desire.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy even if you're not part of their happiness.

I have to keep reminding myself that being famous on earth would be nice but I would rather walk the red carpet in Heaven.

Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.

The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.

Over the years I have found that many of the richest people in the world began their lives with the habit of tithing.

Ah! fraudful malice! how shall wisdom's care Escape the poison of thy gilded snare!