What I really need is to get clear out about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge precedes every act.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.

Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

...the reason for [this age's] anxiety and unrest is because in one direction, 'truth' increases in scope and quantity - via science and technology - while in the other, certainty and confidence steadily decline. Our age is a master in developing truths while being wholly indifferent to certitude. It lacks confidence in the good.

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

It will be easy for us the first time we receive that ball of yarn from Ariadne (love) and then go through all the mazes of the labyrinth (life) and kill the monster. But how many there are who plunge into life (the labyrinth) without taking that precaution?