In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of the gold. From the point of view of the lawful owner this gold is a gift; Form the point of view of the burglar it is a theft. He must go and give it back. It is the same with our existence. We have stolen a little of God's being to make it ours. God has made us a gift of it. But we have stolen it. We must return it.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

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

Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it.

one is never got out of the cave, one comes out of it.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.