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.

(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.

Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.

The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age.... Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.

As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.