“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”

“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself.”

“It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless.”

“The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.”

“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.”

“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.”

“Few are guilty, but all are responsible.”