We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every night.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.

I kept praying that I might be able to prevent a repetition of this stupidity called war. I have tried to keep the promise I made to myself, but the progress that the world is making toward peace seems like the crawling of a little child, very halting and slow.

Make the most of What you have, When you have it, Where you are.

Because they have so little, children must rely on imagination rather than experience.

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas