Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life – I don’t mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.

My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

I haven’t had that one great love, which is good. I don’t want that to be in the past – I want it to be in the future.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point – a cactus, not a cushion.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

I remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called ‚Equis.‘ And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, ‚I’m home.‘ I felt really at peace here.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It’s this – no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

I have a living will and I have friends, and I have money and I have hope.

Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.

As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant – the digitalis of failure.

I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

People tell me that they are so hopeful when they see me and other children ‚school-striking,‘ and they say, ‚Oh the children are going to save us.‘ But no, we aren’t. We are too young to be able to do that. We don’t have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don’t know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they’re developing what’s called ‚nuclear capability,‘ which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That’s not a crime.

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Going home helps the content.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.