Metaphysics is a science.

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all.