God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.