Pepe Doval > Pepe's Quotes

“Los talibanes, que habían acogido al autor del atentado, eran los malos de la historia y se tenían que ir para que los americanos pudieran cumplir su venganza, y nosotros - decían - pudiéramos vivir más felices. Todo aquello me sonaba muy extraño, pero iba en serio: la muestra llegó en forma de bombardeo al corazón de Kabul.”
― Nadia Ghulam, Em Carne Viva

“It is foolish to let down our defenses against an attack simply because we will be in the moral right should that attack come.”
― Garry Kasparov

“See the system. When you find yourself stuck in an oversimplified polarized conflict, a useful first step is to try to become more aware of the system as a whole: to provide more context to your understanding of the terrain in which the stakeholders are embedded, whether they are disputants, mediators, negotiators, lawyers, or other third parties. This can help you to see the forest and the trees; it is a critical step toward regaining some sense of accuracy, agency, possibility, and control in the situation.”
― Peter T. Coleman, The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts