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

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.

Disarmament requires trust.

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.

To forget God's law is our tragedy.

Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.

Fear creates mountains

If you have a very strong will to travel, the road will suddenly appear before!

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We’ll have a long time to be happy in heaven.

The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels.

Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

In life, we always fall for the person who will never fall for us, always want things we can't have, and say things we shouldn't.