[Hamas] lives on their rifles and bombs. Shimon Peres More Quotes by Shimon Peres More Quotes From Shimon Peres The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person. Shimon Peres things-in-life important fear Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! Shimon Peres positive-thinking life death It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons. Shimon Peres wrong-reasons controversial reason When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist. Shimon Peres alternatives two thinking You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar Shimon Peres calendars young dream In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. Shimon Peres creativity technology land I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise. Shimon Peres wise morning book If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. Shimon Peres decision mistake facts To find a cause that's larger than yourself and then to give your life to it. Shimon Peres causes giving You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. Shimon Peres ubuntu peace enemy I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing and shooting. You have the change it by creating and competing. Shimon Peres war believe thinking We should use our imagination more than our memory. Shimon Peres imagination memories peace A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends. Shimon Peres israel two believe If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat. Shimon Peres fats three wise Our problem is not to submit to the differences but to overcome them. Shimon Peres differences problem overcoming For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic. Shimon Peres pragmatic dream I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook. Shimon Peres government people thinking The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it is not repeated and to ensure we never go back to the days when humans behaved as beasts. Forgetfulness is a menace, we must remember. Shimon Peres holocaust brother warning You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea. Shimon Peres thousand ends ideas There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary. Shimon Peres jew england hate
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