The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.