Only an indirect method is effective. We do nothing if we have not first drawn back.

The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.

The only great spirit of our time.

One might lay down as a postulate: All conceptions of God which are incompatible with a movement of pure charity are false. All other conceptions of him, in varying degree, are true.

To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity.

Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.

Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.