“Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.”

Place principle above all else.

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.

As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.

Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.

Militant feminists are pro-choice because it’s their ultimate avenue of power over men.

There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Bad men are full of repentance.

A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.