“There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

Justice delayed is democracy denied.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.

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.

We need people who can dream of things that never were.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.

The mind may accept or deny that you are awareness, but either way it can’t really understand. It cannot comprehend. Thought cannot comprehend what is beyond thought.

The apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.

All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

Most people experience both tragedy and joy in varying proportions. Any philosophy which leaves out either cannot be considered to be comprehensive.

Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.

The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.

Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.