Quotes
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
Every man thinks god is on his side.
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.