We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.

Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.

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.

We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.

At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.

Official history is believing the murderers at their word.

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.