If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being - we can do it.

Comparison is the thief of all joy.

Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions, new methods, new points of view. It is as though people would rather die than change.

I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.

The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.