The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.

We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

Nothing in human life, least of all in religion, is ever right until it is beautiful.