There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Spirit is the presence of what concerns us ultimately, the ground of our being and meaning.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

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

Man is not what he believes himself to be in his conscious decisions.

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."