The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has evolved no terms for your existence, has made no room for you, and if love will not swing wide the gates, no other power will or can. And if one despairs-- as who has not?-- of human love, God's love alone is left.

A man's balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.