"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and pro…"

"It has been said that the United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from…"

"A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a…"

"Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we m…"

"Forty years ago today, the [Nobel Peace] Prize for 1961 was awarded for the first time to a Secretary-General of the …"

"Maturity: among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at on…"

"Give me a pure heart — that I may see Thee. A humble heart — that I may hear Thee, A heart of love — that I may serve…"

"Godhet är något så enkelt: att alltid finnas för andra, att aldrig söka sig själv."

"The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others."

"A man of firm convictions does not ask, and does not receive, understanding from those with whom he comes into confli…"