Eliasson Jan Quotes & Sayings

As in all infant sciences, the universal habit of the human mind - to take a partial or local truth, generalise it unduly and try to explain a whole field of nature in its narrow terms - runs riot here (in psychoanalysis). Moreover, the exaggeration of the importance of suppressed sexual complexes is a dangerous falsehood. — Sri Aurobindo

Without peace there is no development, and without development there is no peace — Jan Eliasson

I don't have time. Come back after the election. — Jan Eliasson

Without passion, nothing happens; without compassion, the wrong things happen. — Jan Eliasson

Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up. — Suzanne Vega

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism
and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to
dehumanize a large group of people, to deny
their humanity, their dignity and personhood. — Coretta Scott King

For all the civilians saved thanks to the presence of peacekeepers, there have been those who were lost - the United Nations personnel who sacrificed their lives for a noble cause. Even as we mourn our fallen colleagues, we are all uplifted by their unflinching commitment and are inspired to strive even harder for the collective cause so eloquently envisaged in the United Nations Charter: a world free from the scourge of war. — Jan Eliasson

Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all — Jan Eliasson

There is nothing more dangerous, nothing more powerful, nothing more necessary and essential for survival than the lies we tell ourselves. I — Megan Miranda

Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants. — Pythagoras

Who can play without wanting to succeed even with a sentimentally gain? — Sorin Cerin