I have learned a new form of service from the wars of Frederick, king of Prussia. It is not necessary to approach the enemy in order to attack him. In fleeing from him, it is possible to circumvent him as he advances and fall on him from the rear and force him to surrender. What is needed is not to strike straight at evil but to withdraw to the sources of divine power, and from there to circle around evil, bend it and transform it into its opposite.

The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.

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

In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where Moses reproves Israel, the verse says: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil." Where did the evil come from? Evil too is good. It is the lowest rung of perfect goodness. If you do good deeds, even evil will become good; but if you sin, evil will really become evil.

One need ask only 'What for? What am I to unify my being for?' The reply is: Not for my own sake.

Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.

Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.