Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.

Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth?

Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.

The human race has entered a stage where we are all dependent on each other. No other country or nation should be regarded in total separation from another, let alone pitted against another.