This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him. Not a figment of his soul but something that appears to the soul and demands the soul's creative power. What is required is a deed that a man does with his whole being.

It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.

Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life and which cannot be comprised in any formula. Real faith means the ability to endure life in the face of this mystery.

When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.

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

We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too.

Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.