Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.

There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. This is the way all such situations pan out even with the most truculent dictator.