Everyone is the age of their heart.

The deepest waters make the least noise.

I ask all Guatemalans to forgive one another ... and together join the pilgrimage toward the goal of national reconciliation.

In the name of the state, I ask forgiveness for the historic responsibility it has for the pain and death suffered by dozens of thousands of Guatemalans in 36 years of armed conflict.

Today we want to begin a tradition. We have a purpose that could not be more beautiful and more noble than peace.

Better to bow than break