Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength.

What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need to convert facts into logic, free will into purpose, conscience into decision. They need to convert historical experience into a design for a sane world.

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition.

More and more, the choice for the world's people is between becoming world warriors or world citizens.

It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world.

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.