Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.
What hope is there for innocence if it is not recognized?
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it.
The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship.
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.