The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Nothing is less instructive than a machine.
Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.
The vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence. The destruction of Troy. The fall of the petals from fruit trees in blossom. To know that what is most precious is not rooted in existence - that is beautiful.