Has there ever been anything filthier on earth than the saints in the wilderness? Around them was not only the devil loose around them- but also the swine.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

Courage is the best slayer - courage which attacketh, for in every attack there is the sound of triumph.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

He who lives as children live - who does not struggle for his bread and does not believe that his actions possess any ultimate significance - remains childlike.