The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

What the mysterious is I do not know. I do not call it God because God has come to mean much that I do not believe in. I find myself incapable of thinking of a deity or of any unknown supreme power in anthropomorphic terms, and the fact that many people think so is continually a source of surprise to me. Any idea of a personal God seems very odd to me.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.