Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.

Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth.

Abortion is 'the great modern sin.

The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time.

Mozart's music is an invitation to the listener to venture just a little out of the sense of his own subjectivity.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

A being is free only when it can determine and limit its activity.