Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past.

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.