Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. – Lakhdar Brahimi
The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. – Lakhdar Brahimi
A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit. – Lakhdar Brahimi
This is not simply a story about a frog and a prince. A story about a frog would be biological. A story about a prince would be historical. But a story about a frog-prince is magical, and therein lies all the difference. – Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Child