Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
There is always inequality in life. some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. life is unfair.
All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.
Everything belongs to me because I am poor.
Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
I believe in order, tenderness, and piety.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
Few people have the imagination for reality.
You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
A feeling of sadness that only bus stations have.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.
...Wishing there was a personal god in all this impersonal matter.