I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention.

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

All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.

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.

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.

Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred.