The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good and evil, the true and false, the creative and destructive forces-both individual and social.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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!

If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.

Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge.

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.