Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.

Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.

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.

The essence of man is imperfection.

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.

The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.