The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe. Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. ...I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.

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.

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.

The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.