Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time.

This is the miracle of life: that each person who heeds him or herself knows what no scientist can ever know: who he or she is.

All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

Christianity demands the crucifixion of the intellect.

Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted? And If I am compelled to take part in it, where is the director? I want to see him.