Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.

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

I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.