Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they are linked together; sin makes us suffer and suffering makes us evil, and this indissoluble complex of suffering and sin is the evil in which we are submerged against our will, and to our horror.

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.