I just wanted my daughter to grow up, get married, have children and get divorced like everyone else.
Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God - such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now passing
When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God. ' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.
Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.
Hear the music, the thunder of the wings. Love the wild swan.
It's a great joy but no test of love or commitment to take your son to a ball game. You really prove your credentials as a good dad when you are willing to take your daughter shopping - more than once.
There are people creating Photoshopped pictures of me getting beat as if I were a slave back in the day.
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came and wiped away my tears) They took away what should have been my tongue, (but I had talked with god when I was young) He would not let them take away my soul, possessing that I still possess the whole.