A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.

I think the thing we must look for actually is a growth in our people and in whoever comes in a quality of courage to tell our people just what world conditions are.

People can only make you inferior with your consent.

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.

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

The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . . To change these traditions . . . would be harmful to our whole attitude of tolerance in the religious area. If we look at situations which have arisen in the past in Europe and other world areas, I think we will see the reason why it is wise to hold to our early traditions.