The Concept Of Loyalty Is Distorted When

Here Man Is No Longer The Center Of The World, Only A Witness, But A Witness Who Is Also A Partner In The Silent Life Of Nature, Bound By Secret Affinities Of The Trees.

Time Goes By, Reputation Increases, Ability Declines.

Humility Before The Flower At The Timber Line Is The Gate Which Gives Access To The Path Up The Open Fell.

It Is Not The Soviet Union Or Indeed Any Other Big Powers Who Need The United Nations For Their Protection. It Is All The Others. In This Sense, The Organization Is First Of All Their Organization And I Deeply Believe In The Wisdom With Which They Will Be Able To Use It And Guide It. I Shall Remain In My Post During The Term Of My Office As A Servant Of The Organization In The Interests Of All Those Other Nations, As Long As They Wish Me To Do So.

For The Sacrificed, In The Hour Of Sacrifice, Only One Thing Counts: Faith-alone Among Enemies And Skeptics. Faith, In Spite Of The Humiliation Which Is Both The Necessary Precondition And The Consequence Of Faith, Faith Without Any Hope Of Compensation Other Than He Can Find In A Faith Which Reality Seems So Thoroughly To Refute.