We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as human creatures.

To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.

The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.

The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

Much like tobacco companies want to keep smokers dependent on their deadly product, the oil industry wants to keep California dependent on oil – an expensive, dirty and limited resource that damages health.

We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as human creatures.

We exist within the question of God.