The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

Science bestowed immense new powers on man, and at the same time, created conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension.

I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed...I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.