It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the human being who has faith in some force that holds dominion over all of us, and who is therefore conscious of his own limitations, power is not necessarily fatal. For those, however, who are unaware of any higher sphere, it is a deadly poison. For them there is no antidote.

Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us if we do not concentrate our attention totally on it's pursuit. But even while it eludes us, the illusion of knowing it still lingers and leads to many misunderstandings. Also, truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?

If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of.

A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane.

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there.