"I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth."

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

"There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war."

"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"The simplest truths often reveal that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."