Man has always been his own most vexing problem.

We have, on the whole, more liberty and less equality than Russia has. Russia has less liberty and more equality. Whether democracy should be defined primarily in terms of liberty or equality is a source of unending debate.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

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

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

To be religious is not to feel, but to be.