He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Pity makes suffering contagious.

What is wrong with Christianity is that it refrains from doing all those things that Christ commanded should be done.

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

What good is all this free-thinking, modernity, and turncoat flexibility if at some gut level you are still a Christian, a Catholic, and even a priest!

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry.