“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.”— Saparmurat Niyazov, newyorker.comTagged: Smile, Friend, Enemy, Death
“Fate decreed two pains for me. I was both an orphan and a captive.”— Saparmurat Niyazov, newyorker.comTagged: Fate, Pain, Orphan, Captive
“One can understand the value of sacred things only after one has lost them.”— Saparmurat Niyazov, newyorker.comTagged: Value, sacred, Loss
“I admit it, there are too many portraits, pictures and monuments [of me]. I don’t find any pleasure in it, but the people demand it because of their mentality.”— Saparmurat Niyazov, newyorker.comTagged: Pictures, Portraits, Monuments