Man today being concerned with production and consumption as ends in themselves, has very little engergy time to devote himself to the true religious experience.

Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

I have learnt to appreciate the clarity of English language.

Happiness is a very proud word of our whole cultural heritage.

Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision-making which replace the principles of instincts.

If we begin to say, "Well, maybe we can cope better with the Russians if we also transform ourselves into a managed society, if we, as somebody put it the other day, train our soldiers to be like the Turks, who have fought so bravely in Korea, if we are willing to change our whole way of life for the sake of so-called "survival," then I think we do exactly that which threatens our survival.

While every human being has a capacity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achievements.