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

In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.

The roots of responsibility run out to the ends of the earth and we can no more isolate our consciences from world issues than we can fence off our oyster beds from the tides of the ocean.

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.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.

We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves