In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.

Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.

Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

Every little deed counts.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

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.