The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

I have learned a new form of service from the wars of Frederick, king of Prussia. It is not necessary to approach the enemy in order to attack him. In fleeing from him, it is possible to circumvent him as he advances and fall on him from the rear and force him to surrender. What is needed is not to strike straight at evil but to withdraw to the sources of divine power, and from there to circle around evil, bend it and transform it into its opposite.

Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other…. Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another.

Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

Freedom and destiny are solemnly promised to one another and linked together in meaning.

When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.