The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.

Even if there were no ear for them but the void, our prayers would still be the only things that sanctify our existence.

In teaching the young you have to satisfy the schoolchild in yourself and enter the region where all meanings start. That is where, in any case, the philosopher has perpetually to start.

The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?

The nature of consciousness is to point beyond itself. It is a tending toward or pointing to... Since consciousness points beyond itself, it is in its very being a self-transcendence.

There is no truth that does not ultimately rest upon what is evident to us in our own experience.

Truth and untruth weave the seamless web of human nature.

When you stop looking over your shoulder, you shall see that the future is way nicer than the past.

Unhealthy relationships are most commonly lacking in the most essential of ingredient: healthy communication.

To create is to be divine.

Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them.

The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.

Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.

I don't really do much social media. I just don't like it that much. I've trained myself to write very slowly for a lot of money so it really galls me to write quickly for free.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.

Where thought is free in its range, we need never fear to hazard what is good in itself.