At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness.

When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God.

We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities.

Life alone can rekindle life.

What governs men is the fear of truth.

Our dependence outweighs our independence, for we are independent only in our desire, while we are dependent on our health, on nature, on society, on everything in us and outside us.

Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.