The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations.

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

When Michelangelo was an old man, he drew himself sitting in a child's pushcart.

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.

I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.

Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.