We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue.

Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

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.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.