QUOTES
"Let
us be patient with one another,
And even patient with ourselves.
We
have a long, long way to go.
So let us hasten along the road,
The road
of human tenderness and generosity.
Groping, we may find one another's hands
in the dark."
Men
have a sense of being subject to the same fate, of being in the same boat. But
fear is a poor motive to which to appeal, and I am sure that 'peace people' are
on a wrong path when they expatiate on the horrors of a new world war. Fear weakens
the nerves and distorts the judgment. It is not by fear that mankind must exorcise
the demon of destruction and cruelty, but by motives more reasonable, more humane,
and more heroic.
As
the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs
in human nature.
We
are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just
around the corner. We are asked to be patient with necessarily slow and groping
advance on the road forward, and to be ready for each step ahead as it becomes
practicable. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for
hard work, and to cherish large and generous ideals.
