To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day; we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.