The Essence Of Man Is Imperfection.

But We Have Yet To Make Peace Basic To Our Education. The Most Important Subject In The World Is Hardly Taught At All. In The Spirit Of This Passage, The Editor Has Taken The Liberty Of Editing Mr. Cousins' Language To Make It More Gender Inclusive.

A Library Is The Delivery Room For The Birth Of Ideas, A Place Where History Comes To Life.

To Be Able To Rise From The Earth; To Be Able, From A Station In Outer Space, To See The Relationship Of The Planet Earth To Other Planets; To Be Able To Contemplate The Billions Of Factors In Precise And Beautiful Combination That Make Human Existence Possible; To Be Able To Dwell On An Encounter Of The Human Brain And Spirit With The Universe

Reverence For Life Is More Than Solicitude Or Sensitivity For Life. It Is A Sense Of The Whole, A Capacity For Inspired Response, A Respect For The Intricate Universe Of Individual Life. It Is The Supreme Awareness Of Awareness Itself.

The Possibility Of War Increases In Direct Proportion To The Effectiveness Of The Instruments Of War.