Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also to cherish moral and spiritual qualities such as modesty, humility, compassion, and, most important, to attain a certain degree of emotional equilibrium.

The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.