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

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Love: To feel with one's whole self the existence of another being.

In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention.

the instruments of power - arms, gold, machines, magical or technical secrets - always exist independently of him who disposes of them, and can be taken up by others. Consequently all power is unstable.

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.

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