Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit this earth and the kingdom of heaven, too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen shall perish.

We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy cause has to be extravagant and uncompromising.