The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.

Renunciation is submission to time.

prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.

What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.

To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.