As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from the Dayton Agreement.

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.

We Bosniaks would for sure fight for integrity of Bosnia.

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences

When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he turns even unhappier than when he was lying sick in bed

People complain that life is short,for me it seems very long.

I would sacrifice peace for a sovereign Bosnia-Herzegovina ... but for that peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with.

Science attempts to figure out laws and then uses it later. While the work of art reflects the cosmic order without asking for an explanation

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

If your food is poison you will understand it.

Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us.

You must work well with others and be loyal to your team. Disloyalty is the worst of all traits. I seldom use the words "You're fired!" in business, unless somebody is really scum and stole from me.

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter.

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.

The golden rule to apply in all such cases is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot.

The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.

I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

Religious faith obscures uncertainty where uncertainty . . . exists, allowing the unknown, the implausible, and the . . . false to achieve primacy over the facts.