The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.

People who are rooted in the here and now, who are not defeated by their limitations, who don’t compare themselves to others, who confidently advance along their chosen path-such people are happy, such people are truly great.