it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn't really been on it. They don't necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they're out to hide it from themselves

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.

Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.