Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.

True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have. Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The hope of free people in a frightened world is the values which people put ahead of inventions when their backs are to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.