It Is Characteristic Of The Military Mentality

.. Free And Responsible Development Of The Individual, So That He May Place His Powers Freely And Gladly In The Service Of All Mankind. There Is No Room In This For The Divinization Of A Nation, Of A Class, Let Alone Of An Individual. Are We Not All Children Of One Father, As It Is Said In Religious Language?

The World Is A Dangerous Place To Live; Not Because Of The People Who Are Evil, But Because Of The People Who Don't Do Anything About It.

What I See In Nature Is A Magnificent Structure That We Can Comprehend Only Very Imperfectly, And That Must Fill A Thinking Person With A Feeling Of Humility. This Is A Genuinely Religious Feeling That Has Nothing To Do With Mysticism.

If One Asks The Whence Derives The Authority Of Fundamental Ends, Since They Cannot Be Stated And Justified Merely By Reason, One Can Only Answer: They Exist In A Healthy Society As Powerful Traditions, Which Act Upon The Conduct And Aspirations And Judgments Of The Individuals; They Are There, That Is, As Something Living, Without Its Being Necessary To Find Justification For Their Existence.

Human Beings Are Not Condemned, Because Of Their Biological Constitution, To Annihilate Each Other Or To Be At The Mercy Of A Cruel, Self-inflicted Fate.