"The absolute paradox is that God, the eternal, has entered into time, the temporal, and has become man."

"The very concept of a 'public' makes a mockery of individuality."

"Despair is the sickness unto death."

"I see it all, I understand it all, but I do not know how to bring it about."

"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."