The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.

Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally real, uplifted in the sunshine.

As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.