I am commanded therefore I am.

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?

Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme. Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine. ... to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal. What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.

Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.

The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?