“A smile can make a friend for you out of an enemy. When death stares you in the face, smile at it and it may leave you untouched.”
More from Saparmurat Niyazov
“Fate decreed two pains for me. I was both an orphan and a captive.”
“One can understand the value of sacred things only after one has lost them.”
“I admit it, there are too many portraits, pictures and monuments [of me]. I don’t find any…”
“Let the life of every Turkmen be as beautiful as our melons.”