I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Yitzhak RabinRead
There's nothing harder than defining oneself.
Interpretation
Defining oneself is a complex and challenging task that requires deep self-reflection.
This quote by Yitzhak Rabin highlights the complexity of self-identity, suggesting that understanding and articulating who we are can be more challenging than it seems. It points to the struggles individuals face in defining their values, beliefs, and purpose in life, which can often lead to confusion and uncertainty.
In practice
During a personal development workshop, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of self-exploration.
I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people.
Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference.
No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.
[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.
A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak.
I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.
Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.
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