The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

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

History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.

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

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.

Remember always that there not so very much difference between various people as we seem to imagine. Maps and atlases show us countries in different colors. Undoubtedly people do differ from one another, but they resemble each other also a great deal, and it is well to keep this in mind and not misled by colors on the map or by national boundaries.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.