At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

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

I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that it cannot comprehend my stupidity. These antitheses are mediated in a higher unity; in our common stupidity.