I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of our times on these matters, but it has also influenced the thinking of legislators all over the world.