It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.
Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.
Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.
Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.
The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.