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.

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

One who truly meets the world goes out also to God.

All actual life is encounter.

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

We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring.

Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself.