Where unity and self-sacrifice are indispensable for the normal functioning of society, everyday life is likely to be either religiofied (common tasks turned into holy causes) or militarized.

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Radicalism itself ceases to be radical when absorbed mainly in preserving its control over a society or an economy.

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit this earth and the kingdom of heaven, too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen shall perish.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.