Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.

There's always the threat of "spiritual one-up-manship" that we must avoid.

Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls, we emanate invisibly and involuntarily the light we have received.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

I was made acutely aware how far superior an education that stresses independent action and personal responsibility is to one that relies on drill, external authority and ambition.

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

Happiness is like coke — something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else.