Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.

God wants to see human beings, not ghosts who shun the world. . . . Our marriage must be a 'yes' to God's earth. It must strengthen our resolve to do and accomplish something on earth. I fear that Christians who venture to stand on earth on only one leg will stand in heaven on only one leg too.

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.