Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love.
We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
But eternal liveliness is what counts: what does "eternal life" matter, or life at all?
All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.
Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery. . . a topic that often leaves even the most sophisticated thinkers tongue-tied and confused. And, as with all of the earlier mysteries, there are many who insist - and hope - that there will never be a demystification of consciousness.
They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.