It pains me to speak of God in the third person.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.

Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.

A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s).

The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

Is there anything that satisfy the soul like the Truth?

Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.

Some people are good only because they are afraid of punishment. These justify why we need government

I believe we as humans are meant to have a bond and a connection with all of life itself, and our animals are trying to open our hearts to it.

If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.

Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence.

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.