To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.

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

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

You must build your life as if it were a work of art.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.