Peace
Mother Teresa – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, 11 December, 1979 As we have gathered here together to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize I think it will be beautiful that we pray the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi which always surprises me very much – we pray this prayer every day after Holy Communion, because it is very…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Oscar Arias Sánchez’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1987 When you decided to honour me with this prize, you decided to honour a country of peace, you decided to honour Costa Rica. When in this year, 1987, you carried out the will of…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Spanish Conferencia Nobel el dia 11 de diciembre de 1987 Solo la paz puede escribir la nueva historia Desear la paz, La Paz consiste, en gran parte, en el hecho de desearla con toda el alma. Estas palabras de Erasmo las viven los habitantes de mi pequeña Costa Rica. El mío es un pueblo sin…
moreOscar Arias Sánchez – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1987 Only Peace Can Write the New History Desiring peace Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one’s soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus. Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter…
moreKailash Satyarthi – Nobelforedrag
Nobel Prize lecture
Norwegian Nobelforedrag av Kailash Satyarthi, Oslo, 10. desember, 2014. “La oss marsjere!” (Mine kjære verdens barn) Deres Majesteter, Deres Kongelige Høyheter, Eksellenser, ærede medlemmer av Den norske Nobelkomiteen, min kjære bror Tom Harkin, mine brødre og søstre og min kjære datter Malala. (Fra dette podiet for fred og menneskelighet er det en stor ære for…
moreKailash Satyarthi – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Ruth Elisiv Ekeland Calligrapher: Inger Magnus Book binder: Julius Johansen Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg
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