“I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.”

“They were your friends?""Yes, they were my friends.""And they will leave you to suffer alone?""Now I see it.""And until this, were they friends you could trust?""I could trust them.""I see what you...”

“There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.”

“There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. ”

“There's a hard law, mejuffrou, that when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.”

“When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I havent any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for? I couldnt face that question.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”