The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born.

To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness

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.

It seems that great minds a hundred years ago saw what would happen today or tomorrow, while we to whom it is happening blind ourselves in order not to be disturbed in our daily routine.

Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.

What is it that distinguishes man from animals? It is not his upright posture.