To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.