A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.

Christian obedience, by its very nature, has a heroic character.

St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit.

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

Only in Christ are all things in communion. He is the point of convergence of all hearts and beings and therefore the bridge and the shortest way from each to each.

We are not only interested in those aspects of the mystery of the Roman Catholic Church which set her apart from the other Christian communities, but also to show how often they are central beliefs by describing what is specifically Catholic in such a way that the partner in dialogue can see, even from his own standpoint, the inner consistency.