Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations have recognized only one. Where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, business man or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts and varying interests.

The need to find meaning...is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.

We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.

We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.

For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.

The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual.