The world is an evil place to live in. Not for those who do evil, but for those who sit back and allow evil to occur.

God gave me the stubbornness of a mule and a fairly keen scent.

My sailing system set sail, make it fast, no thoughts of energy or velocity, loll back, let boat drift.

To see with one's own eyes, to feel and judge without succumbing to the suggestive power of the fashion of the day, to be able to express what one has seen and felt in a snappy sentence or even in a cunningly wrought word - is that not glorious? Is it not a proper subject for congregation?

Everyone has two choices. We're either full of love... or full of fear.

A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.

I agree with your remark about loving your enemy as far as actions are concerned. But for me the cognitive basis is the trust in an unrestricted causality. 'I cannot hate him, because he must do what he does.' That means for me more Spinoza than the prophets.