Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Now I know that at the heart of the universe is joy.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.