“Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley.But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us”

“Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.”

“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”

“Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.”

“The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways. ”

“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”