The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.

Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job."

I think the sense of exclusivity that tended to be associated with religions in past times has now disappeared. At least it has disappeared in its political and social manifestations as far as I can see.

What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any other. Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.

The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.

What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin; it is crimes that it must define.

Sometimes you must live in a violent world in order to get greater justice.