"Men of competence will never be extinguished from the memory of humanity because his wisdom, his dedication to the improvement of humanity, his tenacity for the progress of science in favor of mankind, makes people everywhere, all believers, all ideologies, feel in one way or another under an obligation to his talents and his boldness."
- Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, born 1948-02-03 in Baucau, Portuguese Timor (on the land of present-day Timor-Leste)