"To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible."

"War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus."

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"A courageous heart knows that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"It is a quiet truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles."

"I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community."

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."