The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.

If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.

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

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.