The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. 

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always pluck a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.