To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future.

Prejudice ... is a subjective emotion which expresses itself upon others only because of an inner necessity for release. The object is irrelevant and opportune. The person who feels prejudice is the victim of himself and his own unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Life is not what he wants it to be and it has not been what he wishes it had been.

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

It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one.

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.

Nothing is menial where there is love.