Ex-president of the U.S. Jimmy Carter, when meeting with Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, admired his distinguished personality, great magnanimity, remarkable intelligence, deep-going insight and profound knowledge.

He said President Kim Il Sung was greater than George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln put together, the three who represented the U.S. state building and destiny. He also said Kim Il Sung was greater than the world's state founders and the sun gods put together.

Luise Rinser, a woman writer of Germany, wrote a travelogue after visiting the DPRK. In the book she said, "President Kim Il Sung started the conversation in a humble way as he had always done. He was very composed, lively, kind and plain. He was also informal and humorous."

Honored with the audience of Kim Il Sung, Genaro Carnero Checa, former secretary general of the Federation of Latin American Journalists, said he would write a book titled "Seventieth Spring" congratulating the President on his 70th birthday. He then voiced his willingness to devote himself to writing the book about the eternal spring.

Many other people of the world are also calling him the sun of humankind in their books, reminiscences, poems and articles.