Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.
Hans Urs von BalthasarThe Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.
Hans Urs von BalthasarWe no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
Hans Urs von BalthasarEverything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and crystal clear, ... so penetrating that they cannot fail to enlighten the unbiased observer.
Hans Urs von Balthasar