Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers.

The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.

And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

It pains me to speak of God in the third person.

What you must do is love your neighbor as yourself. There is no one who knows your many faults better than you! But you love yourself notwithstanding. And so you must love your neighbor, no matter how many faults you see in him.

In the beginning was the relationship.

To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence.