He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

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

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question. And, conversely, being human means receiving answers to the questions of one's own being and asking questions under the impact of the answers.

Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

Faith embraces itself and the doubt about itself.