In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.

Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.

There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, "Put back thy sword, Peter." But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since.

The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

With the moon walk, the religious myth that sustained these notions could no longer be held. With our view of earthrise, we could see that the earth and the heavens were no longer divided but that the earth is in the heavens. (105)

Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.