One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience... If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.