Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

The demonstrable correlation of opposites is an image of the transcendental correlation of contradictories.

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.