Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude.

Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.

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

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God.

The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of [humanity] as a whole and in the destiny of their city in particular; for their acts in which freedom was united with destiny have contributed to the destiny in which they participate. They are guilty, not of committing the crimes of which their group is accused, but of contributing to the destiny in which these crimes happened.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.