Pluck with quick hand the fruit that passes.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

It is lonely never to have been loved, only devoured.

(About a cookbook...)- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.

People are what are scary...people.

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

The propaganda of communism possesses a language which every people can understand. Its elements are simply hunger, envy, death.

I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.

I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations.

There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable.

You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

My biggest concern and main engagement with UNEP is focused on endangered species and illegal wildlife trade - mostly elephants, rhinos, etc.