We are so afraid of silence that we chase ourselves from one event to the next in order not to have to spend a moment alone with ourselves, in order not to have to look at ourselves in the mirror.

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

In recent years we have seen a great deal of bravery and self-sacrifice, but civil courage hardly anywhere, even among ourselves.

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.

Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.