Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman's ability to make everyone...feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

It would be so nice to have the luxury just to laze. So nice not to have to always get up and get dressed for some occasion. Always having to move from here to there, where everything is scheduled and even having lunch with my kids on their Easter break has to be slotted in. Maybe one day...

Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

I dream ...of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction

All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.