The contradictions the mind comes up against, these are the only realities, the criterion of the real. There is no contradiction in what is imaginary. Contradiction is the test of necessity.

Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it.

What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.

Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.

If it were conceivable that in obeying God one should bring about one's own damnation whilst in disobeying him one could be saved, I should still choose the way of obedience.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?