There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.

There was an old abbot in one temple and he said something of which I think often and it was this, that when men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty.