God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.

Self-respect is the root of discipline

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal. It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.

How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!

A soul can create only when alone.

Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.