Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.