... 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!

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.

Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time.

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Faith is the highest passion in a man.

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.

Human justice is very prolix, and yet at times quite mediocre; divine justice is more concise and needs no information from the prosecution, no legal papers, no interrogation of witnesses, but makes the guilty one his own informer and helps him with eternity's memory.