“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”

“Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.”

“It is impossible for there to be a person with no religion (i.e. without any kind of relationship to the world) as it is for there to be a person without a heart. He may not know that he has a religion, just as a person may not know that he has a heart, but it is no more possible for a person to exist without a religion than without a heart.”

“Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no existence without the rites of friendship. Social rituals create a reality which would be nothing without them. It is not too much to say that ritual is more to society than words are to thought. For it is very possible to know something and then find words for it. But it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts.”

“The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have.”

“And if I want to leave here without regrets, I need to know there are no more unsaid words left to haunt me. --Josh”