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.

Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.

Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.

Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War II] who stood motionless, from one to eight in the morning, for the sake of having an egg, would have found it very difficult to do in order to save a human life.