Before I was abducted, I think that happiness was related to success. Nowadays happiness is related, for me, to rest, peace, serenity. 
He wasn't alive because he feared death. He was alive because he loved life. 
If you believe what you say, words become reality. 
I told myself that I'd had life too easy, conditioned by an upbringing where fear of change was disguised as caution. 
Hostages want to survive - they are very focused on their own little view of things. 
After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope. 
If you believe what you say, words will become reality. 
I already knew that I had the ability to free myself from hatred, and I viewed this as my most significant conquest. 
I think there is this sensation of being deprived of something that you are entitled to have. 
What we have in Colombia is a war against the poor and the guerillas from the left side are against the poor. 
Our life capital is measured in seconds. Once those seconds are gone, we never get them back! 
He had to be okay. We had no choice. 