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.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

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!

I looked into the vast dome of blue emptiness that stretched out above me in all directions and the illusion was still there, the size and speed, and what information they were sending to mother earth.