The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.

In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil.

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.

Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.

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

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

To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.