It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

The more conscious I was of goodness and of all that was 'sublime and beautiful,'the more deeply I sank into my mire and the more ready I was to sink in it altogether.

There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.

Happiness lies not in happiness but only in the attempt to achieve it.