At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.

In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil.

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.