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

the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the adolescent into misunderstanding as to his nature and his role in life. 'Young" he is; 'adult' he is not.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.

I have always seen life personally; my interest or sympathy or indignation is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person...Out of my response to an individual develops an awareness of a problem to the community, then to the country, then to the world.

All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.