The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.