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> [Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/keep-an-open-mind-and-be-ready-to-change-and-adapt-to-the-situation/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

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## More by Lakhdar Brahimi

> [Afghanistan is a land-locked country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/afghanistan-is-a-land-locked-country/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/if-you-are-talking-about-terrorism-you-need-to-sit-down-and/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/at-times-one-feels-that-what-is-being-said-in-the-west-is-that-the/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/however-it-does-seem-now-that-the-international-community-more/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/in-the-globalized-world-that-is-ours-maybe-we-are-moving-towards-a/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/but-you-ve-got-to-understand-what-the-other-guy-is-about-even-if-at/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/there-is-an-expression-now-that-is-commonly-used-about-these-so/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/the-events-of-september-11-and-what-has-happened-since-have-made/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/probably-i-understand-very-much-the-people-who-rise-against-injustice/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/be-modest-be-respectful-of-others-try-to-understand/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/there-again-that-is-a-fundamental-principle-no-two-situations-are/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/the-mandate-you-go-with-is-intimidating-and-also-is-a-source-of/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/what-again-i-tell-my-people-is-that-no-matter-how-much-you-know-it-s/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/somebody-was-asking-me-the-other-day-president-bush-is-now-talking/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

> [Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-brahimi/several-million-people-inside-and-outside-afghanistan-are-destitute/)

[Lakhdar Brahimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-brahimi/)

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