I don't like to generate too many expectations.

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

I practice Transcendental Meditation and I had enough exercise. I am one who thinks that not only need to have patience, we must persevere. If you do it right you'll see results.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.

Some people fight fire with fire. I've found water to be more effective.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

I love anybody funny. I think my ten-year-old sister is really funny. She makes me laugh way more than most people do.

Writing is my form of celebration and prayer.

The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down the diver while he is hunting for pearls.

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.

Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.

You know what, I'm stoned, and I'm proud.

See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!