I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

We think too much and feel too little.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.