“Very rare people conquer you with their personality.”

“To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.”

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer

“Special people conquer you with their simplicity.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

“People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they’re very rarely the same.”

Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

“True people conquer you by being themselves.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

“One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.”

Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor

“Political conflict rests to a very large extent on a universal ignorance of consequences, as the people who are benefited by any particular act or policy are rarely those who struggled for it, and the people who are injured are rarely those who opposed it.”

Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) British-American economist

“Evil can kill a person, but never conquer a nation.”

Jens Stoltenberg (1959) Norwegian politician, 13th Secretary-General of NATO, 27th Prime Minister of Norway

“People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.”

Miep Gies (1909–2010) Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank

“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”

Karen Horney (1885–1952) American-German psychoanalyst