Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
I never discuss discussions.
If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.
The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
