Jan Eliasson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Passion #Compassion #Things Happen
We usually say there is always a â€˜Plan B,â€™ but there is no â€˜Planet Bâ€™.
-- Jan Eliasson

#Plan B #Planets #Plans
I don't have time. Come back after the election.
-- Jan Eliasson

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

#Voice
Without peace there is no development, and without development there is no peace
-- Jan Eliasson

#Development
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

#War #Commitment #Noble
I feel that Orphei Drängar are among Sweden's foremost ambassadors. It's always a delight to hear the drängar, both abroad and at home.
-- Jan Eliasson

#Home #Drs #Delight

It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.
The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.
Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine you knew that anything that would tell you otherwise is just a movement of thought in the mind that says "Whatever is, isn't the way it is supposed to be." So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called "the peace that passes all understanding."
Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop (or prevent, "empÃ¢echer", Fr.) men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration (or "sympathy", - "commisÃ©ration", Fr.) for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas ("par l'association d'idÃ©es", Fr.) - habit.
Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good, Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion
Good things happen when you narrow your focus
Art makes nothing happen in a way that makes something happen.
If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.
I havent had the whole famous thing happen to me yet, and I hope I never will. I like to sneak away in the corners and hide a lot.
We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.

Jan Eliasson famous quotes

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