Lying can never save us from another lie.

Planetary democracy does not yet exist but our global civilization is already preparing a place for it. It is the very Earth we inhabit linked with Heaven above us. Only in this setting can the mutuality and the commonality of the human race be newly created with reverence and gratitude for that which transcends each of us and all of us together.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.

Whether all is really lost or not depends entirely on whether or not I am lost.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.