Freedom is necessary for two reasons. It's necessary for the individual, because the individual, no matter how good the society is, every individual has hopes, fears, ambitions, creative urges, that transcend the purposes of his society. Therefore we have a long history of freedom, where people try to extricate themselves from tyranny for the sake of art, for the sake of science, for the sake of religion, for the sake of the conscience of the individual - this freedom is necessary for the individual.

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.

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