The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry to gladden our heart, who can view a sunrise with a sense of majesty and awe.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

They pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no.