The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised.

It's not sincereity, it is truth which frees us, because it transforms us. It tears us away from our inmost slavery.

Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process.

The Church is a perpetual construction site.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

The turning point in history will be the moment man becomes aware that the only god of man is man himself.

The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised.