We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
In order to obey God, one must receive his commands. How did it happen that I received them in adolescence, while I was professing atheism? To believe that the desire for good is always fulfilled - that is faith, and whoever has it is not an atheist.
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
Official history is believing the murderers at their word.