"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think."

"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit."

"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."

"Every little thing counts in a crisis."

"Great causes and little men go ill together. "

"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."

"Ignorance is always afraid of change."

" It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say."

"It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive."

" Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will."

"Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people."

"The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds."

"The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction. "

"The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly."

"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. "

"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us."