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.
As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously … - U Thant
As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously …
- U Thant
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also t… - U Thant
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also t…
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. - U Thant
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.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. - U Thant
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity. - U Thant
The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace. - U Thant
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.
The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education. - U Thant
The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. - U Thant
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains. - U Thant
Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.
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