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.

You wake from dreams of doom and--for a moment--you know: beyond all the noise and the gestures, the only real thing, love's calm unwavering flame in the half-light of an early dawn.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.