One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.

A naked moon stood in a naked sky.

The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.

Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.