“[No] matter what a waste one has made of one's life, it is ever possible to find some path to redemption, however partial.”

“In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day - or to celebrate each special day.”

“No one ever has or ever will travel quite the same path on earth...”

“War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.”

“The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.”

“No one behind, no one ahead.The path the ancients cleared has closed.And the other path, everyone's path,easy and wide, goes nowhere.I am alone and find my way.”