To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.

It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.

He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.