The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

For years to come the debris of a convulsed world will beset our steps. It will require a purpose stronger than any man and worthy of all men to calm and inspirit us. A sane society whose riches are happy children, men and women, beautiful with peace and creative activity, is not going to be ordained for us. We must make it ourselves.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Every modern war has had its roots in exploitation.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

If you look toward the sunshine, you will never see the shadows.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.