The satellite revolt was not sparked from the West. It was sparked by Communism itself.

On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.

The crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.

I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.

Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism.

In the United States, the working class are Democrats. The middle class are Republicans. The upper class are Communists.

I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who seems unworthy of it.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)

The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.

I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

I used to tell people when I preached at a church, 'If you want a great sermon, be a great audience.'

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

Dalai Lama is very interested in learning from and sharing tips with people in other traditions, but he always stresses that we shouldn't underestimate the important differences between them.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.

I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.