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Quotes by Leader

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

"Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work."

"The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it."

"National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people."

"If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of intelligence. If you do not, you will see what God has willed."

"Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation."

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

"Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside."

"So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries."

"There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts."

"So moderate is insisting that North Korea should open door to outside."

"Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority."

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."

"I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top."

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."

"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them."
Help,

"But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society."

"To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government."

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."

"There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights."

"Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent."

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

"The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved."

"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress."

"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy."

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

"Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity."

"So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region."
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