History is a vast early warning system.

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

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.

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

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.