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?

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

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

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.