We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We understand almost nothing about the essential robustness of the human body or its ability to meet the challenge of illness.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system.

All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or Africans - have obligations to one another that transcend their obligations to their sovereign societies.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person.