From a hundred cultures, [there is] one culture which does what no culture has ever done before-gives a place to every human gift.

War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.

It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone

We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.

Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.

The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or a gifted specialist-this is essential to the life of a country. To play this role in our lives a city must have a soul-a university, a great art or music school, a cathedral or a great mosque or temple, a great laboratory or scientific center, as well as the libraries and museums and galleries that bring past and present together. A city must be a place where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the highest things they know.