If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
life prudence technology wisdom
The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
society
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
peace technology war worldpeace
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
circumstances life mind
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
war
We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
peace war
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.
guilt war
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
death
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
danger man weapon
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
light
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.
service
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
leadership management weapon
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.
mystery