We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Oh, my love, ' she said. 'What do the only children do?''We'll never have to know.

I still have joy in the midst of struggles.

True healing is realizing you were never sick in the first place

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.

Smart people understand that there is no such thing as paranoia. It is just another mask for ignorance.

The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.

Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

Most learning is social, or what I call the cultural DNA. Everyone knows that word of mouth advertising is the best advertising. That's social learning.