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 work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.

Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.