We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.

Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.

The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.

Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care.

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.

Pessimism is a waste of time.