Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.