Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.

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.

I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

War is the supreme form of prestige.

Love: To feel with one's whole self the existence of another being.

Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive