Peace, Prosperity, Security

"Work towards a peace of virtual equals: not of power, but a balance of mutual benefit: peace, prosperity and security.
Play a constructive role.
Be a responsible stakeholder.
Create a new identity politically, culturally, economically - one of co-operation.
Be more interconnected.
Balance competition and co-operation in order to prosper.
Govern your competetive impulse to dominate for the sake of the people and those who come after you.
Shake hands. Embrace each other. Attain peace.
We're all on the same ship; so, if you see a hole, plug it.
Be respectiful of the universal norms of co-operation and competition.
Create a positive trend. Continue to push it.
It will take hard work: caring, sharing, daring.
Be people oriented, far looking.
Win the battle - win the peace.
It was not the military, it was Mrs Ramos that changed my life.
After the devastation done by friends and enemies, I decided to become an engineer - I decided to build up.
Maybe I could do better by becoming an engineer using dialogue, diplomacy, courage and daring.
Forget confrontation.
Fortify yourselves to survive the threats from outside.
Become effective, influential, peaceful, relatively united as a social, economic, cultural unit.
Resolve differences diplomatically.
Be not a bad example.
Help build a better future.
Make one plus one equal more than two - it can be three, five, ten, eleven or more.
Encourage the synergy of the participants.
One plus one can equal zero - or minus five, minus ten.
We can do it!
Have a "Yes we can" attitude.
Assess, calculate, influence difficult, multi-faith relationships.
Create a regional block.
The cost of one supercarrier could finance ten universities.
Invest in education.
Transfer more budget to development, outreaching.
Defend through aliances.
Agree as virtual equals.
Act as partners instead of as enemies.
Join together to defend against natural enemies.
Say "I will try again."
Use economic and intellectual rather than military influence.
Keep the balance between the powers - neither of whom you want to antagonise.
Let cooler solutions predominate."
- Fidel V Ramos (Former Philipines President)
Wheatley Institute Lecture.

Wisdom

"Sometimes wisdom is knowing when to keep quiet. At the best of times, my teachers didn’t give advice. Their advice was how they lived their lives."
- Edward Jardine

Peace

"If we ourselves remain always angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. So you see, first our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world."
HH The Dalai Lama

Non Violence

"Non-violence is not a cloistered virtue. It is no impossible deal...
It is capable of being practiced by the millions...
It is the soul force within every human being...
The path of true non-violence requires much more courage than violence."
Mahatma Gandhi