We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.

Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.

It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom.

The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

Truth is one, but error is manifold.