I am commanded therefore I am.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.

There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.

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.

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.