Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight.

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of that society.

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.

My greatest fear: repetition.

We asked for workers. We got people instead.

Thou shalt not, it is said, make unto thee any graven image of God. The same commandment should apply when God is taken to mean the living part of every human being, the part that cannot be grasped. It is a sin that, however much it is committed against us, we almost continually commit ourselves--Except when we love.