It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.
He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Men owe us what we imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.
The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.
What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.