What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

In the deepest sense, the being in a state of sin is the sin, the particular sins are not the continuation of sin, they are expressions of its continuation.

To be lost in spiritlessness is the most terrible thing of all.

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.

Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that.