When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.
Shimon PeresRead
You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar
Interpretation
Your youthful spirit is determined by your aspirations, not your age.
This quote by Shimon Peres emphasizes the importance of dreams and aspirations in determining one's vitality and outlook on life. It suggests that age is merely a number, and the true measure of one's youth lies in the vigor and ambition of their dreams rather than their chronological age.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing one's passions.
When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.
I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.
The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money.
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.
The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.
Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.
You aren't nearly through this adventure yet.
All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
Part of me always wanted to do something useful for the world. It came from my mother. She is a paediatrician and she was active in a small NGO for the child victims of war.
It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.
Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.
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