The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.

Faith is the final triumph over incongruity, the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.

All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity.

Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.

A genuine faith resolves the mystery of life by the mystery of God.

Our dreams of a pure virtue are dissolved in a situation in which it is possible to exercise the virtue of responsibility toward a community of nations only by courting the prospective guilt of the atomic bomb.

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.