To love can mean ‘to love oneself,’ and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.
Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.
In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.
Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?
The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.
Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.
Never reach out your hand unless you’re willing to extend an arm.