U Thant Quotes

16 quotes in 320 categories

• As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves…
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for…
• The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
• Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.
• The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to pay slip service.…
• As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance
• World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world…
• The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.
• To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first…
• As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance…
• The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder…
• I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
• Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
• Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.
• Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
• Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Browse U Thant Quotes by Category