The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell..

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us..

You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty ….

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!.

I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to So….

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights..

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon..

To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point ….

You dare your Yes - and experience a meaning...You repeat your Yes - and all things acquire a meaning...When everything has a meaning, how can you li….

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside..

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was..

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it..

Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering..

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole s….

For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes..

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away..

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a worl….

Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be ref….

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions..

We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laug….

At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I'….