Disarmament requires trust.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.

Any deal that recognizes Iran "right" to enrich is a prelude to fiasco and tragedy.

I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often.

Meditation is like a giant broom for sweeping away any stagnant or blocked energy that you may have buried deep in your body.

I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.

Whenever the intensity of looking reaches a certain degree, one becomes aware of an equally intense energy coming towards one through the appearance of whatever it is one is scrutinizing.

I think kids need to be allowed to be more creative and learn more about artists these days, so I'm all about that.

Growing up there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. Some people are just born with bad wiring.

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

Nothing in the world glorifies God so much as simple rest of faith in what God’s Word says.