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

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.

On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart

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

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

Jurists say that a capital crime submerges all lesser crimes; and so it is with faith. Its absurdity makes all petty difficultiesvanish.