Fear is the absence of faith.

The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to the universe, and the Ground of all being, the aim of our life.

man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his freedom; that is, he can surrender his humanity

Faith embraces itself and the doubt about itself.

Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.

I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.