Acts of violence — Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death — and the meaninglessness of killing. - Dag Hammarskjöld

It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain I have so far met in the field of foreign politics... so much more dangerous than you imagine because he is so much better a man than you have ever admitted.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. It is when we all play safe that fatality will lead us to our doom. It is in the "dark shade of courage" alone that the spell can be broken.