A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
Hell, madam, is to love no longer.
Hope is a risk that must be run.
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Faith is not a thing which one "loses," we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.
The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.
Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.