Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.
Happiness,... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.
Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues.
To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.
All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due.
Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is a true happiness, indeed the supreme happiness; but it is founded upon sorrow.