No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself.

Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.

Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!