The role of humankind is to use the cultural and social environment it has created to devise new global values.... Human relations with nature are intimately bound up in interpersonal relations and with the relation of the self and its inner life.

Take heart, and do not let disappointment or shame stop you from moving forward. The true outcome of life is only apparent at the very 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.

Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

Increase your joy by doing the good you wish to have done to you.

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