Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.

We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for the good of all. If wisdom governs our actions; but if the world is mad or foolish, it can destroy itself just when great advances and triumphs are almost without its grasp.

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.