Curiosity must be kept alive.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was endowed; that one has contributed something constructive to family and friends and to a home community; that one has brought happiness wherever it was possible; that one has earned one's way in the world, has kept some friends, and need not be ashamed to face oneself honestly.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted

Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.