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.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is involved in both freedom and necessity.

I think I have one answer, that is partly religious and partly secular; and that is to say, we ought to at least recognize that we and the Russians are in a common predicament. That would be religious in the sense, "Judge not lest you be judged."

Nothing worth doing can be accomplished in a single lifetime.

The will-to-live becomes the will-to-power.