It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.

the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering in hopeless poverty. Islands of plenty in a vast ocean of misery never have been a good recipe for commercial success.

Fear can indeed be the beginning of wisdom.

Every single ancient wisdom and religion will tell you the same thing - don't live entirely for yourself, live for other people. Don't get stuck inside your own ego, because it will become a prison in no time flat.

Our physical unity has gone far ahead of our moral unity.

The gaps in power, the gaps in wealth, the gaps in ideology which hold the nations apart also make up the abyss into which mankind can fall to annihilation.

Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.