Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more and more imperative that the life of the spirit be avowed as the only firm basis upon which to establish happiness and peace.

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.