The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

To be is to stand for.

Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.