The greatest problem that war leaves, in a man, is how to recapture reality. That's because war is unreal.

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its tomorrow if its refugees are among its own citizens.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.

I do not believe in a child world. It is a fantasy world. I believe the child should be taught from the very first that the whole world is his world, that adult and child share one world, that all generations are needed.

All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.