There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

Faith embraces itself and the doubt about itself.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received.

Courage is a greater virtue than love. At best, it takes courage to love.

...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.

Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.