Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.

Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think ofhimself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches him this.

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.

The demonstrable correlation of opposites is an image of the transcendental correlation of contradictories.

The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.

Love is not consolation, it is light.

It is impossible that the whole of truth should not be present at every time and every place, available for anyone who desires it.