William Faulkner

compass, then I am convinced that better days lie ahead. In conclusion, and despite the tremendous challenges we are facing, I remain convinced, as **William Faulkner** once said, that: > **“Humanity will not simply endure: it will prevail.”** **Thank you very much.**

or Central Americans, it is impossible to think that the old days were better. I am convinced that humanity has reasons to be optimistic and that, as William Faulkner said, man will prevail. But I also know that the progress made towards human freedom, dignity and well-being are no more than small victories in a lo

together all the peoples, all the cultures, all the religions that encompass and guide the human race. It may be useful to recall the words spoken by William Faulkner 47 years ago, when he addressed the Swedish Academy: "One should teach oneself that there is nothing more disgraceful than to be afraid." Colombia is

o hope - for it teaches us about man, and about the irrepressible human spirit, A Nobel laureate in literature, a great figure of the American South, William Faulkner, once said that the last sound heard on earth would be that of the two remaining humans arguing over where to go in the spaceship they had built. In