It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.

To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.