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.

Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.