I cannot worship the abstractions of virtue: she only charms me when she addresses herself to my heart, speaks through the love from which she springs.

Man is endowed by nature with organic relations to his fellow men; and natural impulse prompts him to consider the needs of others even when they compete with his own.

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.