Look at life with the eyes of a child.

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.

Look at life with the eyes of a child.

Old ideas die hard. We've had thousands of years of women having almost no rights. Parts of the world are in a struggle toward very basic human rights for women, and most of the world isn't even there yet. And it's going to take a long time to change these attitudes.

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

If all the people who have been hurt by the war were to exclude joy from their lives, it would almost be as if they had died.

It seems to me nowadays that the most important task for someone who is aging is to spread love and warmth whenever possible.