Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.

The critical mind is the creative mind.

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

Without doubt half the ethical rules they din into our ears are designed to keep us at work.

People are deeply imbedded in philosophical, i.e., grammatical confusions. And to free them presupposes pulling them out of the immensely manifold connections they are caught up in.

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

As we remember prayer and take time to turn to the scriptures, our lives will be infinitely more blessed and our burdens will be made lighter.