We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty which maintains strict discipline, and makes law its guarantee and the basis of its exercise. This alone is true liberty; this alone can produce true democracy.

I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God He lifts me up where I can see clearly, where everything has a distinct contour.

The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The Communists are a disease of the heart.

My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.