“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”

And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.

Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.

Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.

To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.

Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance

In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving

Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.

(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.

There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.

A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.

Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.

There is only one value to having the look you have when you are young and no value to the look you have when you are older.

Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.