It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.

We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up.

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.

On reaching a certain degree of pain we lose the world.

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous.

The whole of our civilization is founded on specialization, which implies the enslavement of those who execute to those who coordinate.

It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom.