Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he does not possess.

Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are.

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.

Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.

The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.

Humility is the surest sign of strength.

The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.