The Greatest Single Virtue Of

Maturity Requires A Final Accommodation Between Our Aspirations And Our Limitations.

Educational Exchange Can Turn Nations Into People, Contributing As No Other Form Of Communication Can To The Humanizing Of International Relations. Man's Capacity For Decent Behavior Seems To Vary Directly With His Perception Of Others As Individual Humans With Human Motives And Feelings, Whereas His Capacity For Barbarism Seems Related To His Perception Of An Adversary In Abstract Terms, As The Embodiment, That Is, Of Some Evil Design Or Ideology.

What A Curious Picture It Is To Find Man, Homo Sapiens, Of Divine Origin, We Are Told, Seriously Considering Going Underground To Escape The Consequences Of His Own Folly. With A Little Wisdom And Foresight, Surely It Is Not Yet Necessary To Forsake Life In The Fresh Air And In The Warmth Of The Sunlight. What A Paradox If Our Own Cleverness In Science Should Force Us To Live Underground With The Moles.

Science Has Radically Changed The Conditions Of Human Life On Earth. It Has Expanded Our Knowledge And Our Power, But Not Our Capacity To Use Them With Wisdom.

"the Making Of Peace Is A Continuing Process That Must Go On From Day To Day, From Year To Year, So Long As Our Civilization Shall Last."