Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.

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

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

Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to pay slip service. However, if it is to become a reality, it requires a process of education, a veritable mental renaissance. Once it has become a reality, national as well as international problems will fall into perspectives and become easier to solve. Wars and conflicts, too, will then become a thing of the past, because wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

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.

I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.