The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of the purpose.