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.

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.

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.

To be spiritual is to be amazed.

All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

Prayer begins where our power ends.