“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”

“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”

“There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.”

“Ein WortEin Wort, ein Satz -: aus Chiffren steigenerkanntes Leben, jäher Sinn,die Sonne steht, die Sphären schweigen,und alles ballt sich zu ihm hin.Ein Wort - ein Glanz, ein Flug, ein Feuer,ein Flammenwurf, ein Sternenstrich -und wieder Dunkel, ungeheuer,im leeren Raum um Welt und Ich.”

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”

“The only true failure is the failure of not trying.”

“If prayer flew as quickly as gossip, all the saints in heaven could not keep up with it.”