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

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate, to answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.

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.