Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day

The time is always right to do what is right.

You only need a heart full of grace

Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will.

We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.