If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

but who can feel ugly, when their heart feels joy

The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man.

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.

Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God.