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.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary, or any other reward, he would be eager to spend his energy in some meaningful way because he could not stand the boredom which inactivity produces.

It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of acquaintance between the two warring sides.

We are confronted with the possibility of a war of such destruction that the whole existence of our nation and of the whole world is at stake. And yet, people know it - people read it in the newspapers, people read that at the first attack, a hundred million Americans might be killed. And yet, they talk about it as if they were talking about something being wrong with the carburetor of their car, perhaps.

I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.