Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this supreme tearing apart, this incomparable agony, this marvel of love, is the crucifixion. Nothing can be further from God than that which has been made accursed.

How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?

Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others.

prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.

One might lay down as a postulate: All conceptions of God which are incompatible with a movement of pure charity are false. All other conceptions of him, in varying degree, are true.