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

Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.

One might lay down as a postulate: All conceptions of God which are incompatible with a movement of pure charity are false. All other conceptions of him, in varying degree, are true.

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.

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.