"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 62."

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

"Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction."