We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

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.

Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

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.

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.