As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

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.

The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.

Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.

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.

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.

The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".

Footfalls echo in the memorydown the passage we did not taketowards the door we never openedinto the rose garden. My words echothus, in your mind

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.

A husband and wife honor God when they love and honor each other.

Did you folks see President Bush's State of the Union Address? How about that surprise announcement? Howard Dean has been captured and he's in the hands of interrogators.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

I walked away from Kyoto because it would damage America's economy, you bet. It would have destroyed our economy. It was a lousy deal for the American economy. I felt there was a better way.

Every single one of us has the unique opportunity to create awareness and influence change

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.