A devotion to humanity is... too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty.

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.

One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

The trick is to love somebody.... If you love one person, you see everybody else differently.