A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples.

Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally.

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.

Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally real, uplifted in the sunshine.

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.

Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.

The biggest man you're ever going to see was once a baby.

When I was young they used to call me 'The Foreman,' not because I was in charge but because I did the work of four men.

To reach people that no one is reaching you have to do things that no one is doing.

Out of 135 criminals, including robbers and rapists, 118 admitted that when they were children they burned, hanged and stabbed domestic animals.

This nation is daring and decent and ready for change.

The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

I'm overwhelmed by shame that the people who had the responsibility to take care of the tender ones violated that trust and caused them great pain.

People who say ... they're perfectly fine [are] more insane than the rest of us.

Once you learn how to do something, you don't lose it. Unless you die.