With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor.

Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it.

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

I should have known I am the rain. I am the land and I am the rain. The grass will grow out of me in a little while.

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of all, the truth, that dangerous stuff, became beautiful and very precious.