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.

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.

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

Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.

Self-respect is the root of discipline

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.