YOU CANNOT GET THE TRUTH BY CAPTURING IT, ONLY BY ITS CAPTURING YOU.
WHAT THE AGE NEEDS IS NOT A GENIUS—IT HAS HAD GENIUSES ENOUGH, BUT A MARTYR, WHO IN ORDER TO TEACH MEN TO OBEY WOULD HIMSELF BE OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH.
THE GREATEST THING EACH PERSON CAN IS TO GIVE HIMSELF TO GOD UTTERLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY—WEAKNESS, FEARS, AND ALL. FOR GOD LOVE OBEDIENCE MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS OR SECOND-BEST OFFERINGS, WHICH ARE ALL TOO OFTEN MADE UNDER THE GUIDE OF WEAKNESS.
THE OPPOSITE OF SIN IS NOT VIRTUE BUT FAITH.
THE PROUD PERSON ALWAYS WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THE GREAT THING. BUT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO DO IT IN HIS OWN STRENGTH, HE IS FIGHTING NOT WITH MAN, BUT WITH GOD.
GOD CREATES OUT OF NOTHING. WONDERFUL YOU SAY. YES, TO BE SURE, BUT HE DOES WHAT IS STILL MORE WONDERFUL: HE MAKES SAINTS OUT OF SINNERS.
IF I WERE TO WISH FOR ANYTHING, I SHOULD NOT WISH FOR WEALTH AND POWER, BUT FOR THE PASSIONATE SENSE OF THE POTENTIAL, FOR THE EYE WHICH, EVER YOUNG AND ARDENT, SEES THE POSSIBLE. PLEASURE DISAPPOINTS, POSSIBILITY NEVER. AND WHAT WINE IS SO SPARKLING, WHAT SO FRAGRANT, WHAT SO INTOXICATING AS POSSIBILITY!
