There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.

Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light. For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.