It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it. We have had enough of immorality and the mockery of ethics, goodness, faith and honesty. It is time to acknowledge that light-hearted superficiality has done us no good.

To harm another is to harm oneself.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.