Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.