Keep The Company Of Those

There Is Only One Art, Whose Sole Criterion Is The Power, The Authenticity, The Revelatory Insight, The Courage And Suggestiveness With Which It Seeks Its Truth.

Isn't It The Moment Of Most Profound Doubt That Gives Birth To New Certainties? Perhaps Hopelessness Is The Very Soil That Nourishes Human Hope; Perhaps One Could Never Find Sense In Life Without First Experiencing Its Absurdity.

We Must Come To Understand The Deep Mutual Connection Or Kinship Between The Various Forms Of Our Spirituality. We Must Recollect Our Original Spiritual And Moral Substance, Which Grew Out Of The Same Essential Experience Of Humanity. I Believe That This Is The Only Way To Achieve A Genuine Renewal Of Our Sense Of Responsibility For Ourselves And For The World. And At The Same Time, It Is The Only Way To Achieve A Deeper Understanding Among Cultures That Will Enable Them To Work Together In A Truly Ecumenical Way To Create A New Order For The World.

You May Ask What Kind Of A Republic I Dream Of. Let Me Reply: I Dream Of A Republic Independent, Free, And Democratic, Of A Republic Economically Prosperous And Yet Socially Just; In Short, Of A Humane Republic Which Serves The Individual And Which Therefore Holds The Hope That The Individual Will Serve It In Turn. Of A Republic Of Well-rounded People, Because Without Such It Is Impossible To Solve Any Of Our Problems, Human, Economic, Ecological, Social, Or Political.

I Feel That The Dormant Goodwill In People Needs To Be Stirred. People Need To Hear That It Makes Sense To Behave Decently Or To Help Others, To Place Common Interests Above Their Own, To Respect The Elementary Rules Of Human Coexistence.