He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.

The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.

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.

The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?

A right which goes unrecognized by anybody is not worth very much.

To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity.