Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night.

It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.

Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?'

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.