At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind. I had the idea that there, among criminals, were people to fight: clever, vigorous, crafty fellows. Later I realized that it was good that I did not become one, for most police cases involve misery and wretchedness-not crimes and scandals.

Spirit is the third, yet in such a way that one can speak of a synthesis only when the spirit is posited.

... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself. It is the saddest thing in the world if a human being goes through life without discovering that he needs God!

The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Destroy your primitivity, and you will most probably get along well in the world, maybe achieve great success--but Eternity will reject you. Follow up your primitivity, and you will be shipwrecked in temporality, but accepted by Eternity.

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.