A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it.

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

Justice consists in seeing that no harm is done to men. Whenever a man cries inwardly: 'Why am I being hurt?' harm is being done to him. He is often mistaken when he tries to define the harm, and why and by whom it is being inflicted on him. But the cry itself is infallible.

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.

The world needs saints who have genius, just as a plague-stricken town needs doctors.

We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up.