A community to be truly community, must have a quality of unselfconsciousness about it.

When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive ... and open to growth

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.