“[Neighbor is] not he whom I find in my path, but rather he in whose path I place myself, he whom I approach and actively seek.”

“Man is saved if he opens himself to God and to others, even if he is not clearly aware that he is doing so. This is valid for Christians and non-Christians alike -- for all people. . . . We can no longer speak properly of a profane world. A qualitative and intensive approach replaces a quantitative and extensive one.”

“The theory of dependence will take the wrong path and lead to deception if the analysis is not put within the framework of the worldwide class struggle.”

“But there is one thing that is privileged to be a paradoxical sign of God, in relation to which men are able to manifest their deepest commitment -- our Neighbor. The sacrament of our Neighbor!' -- Congar”

“The God of Exodus is the God of history and of political liberation more than he is the God of nature.”

“History is no longer as it was for the Greeks, an anamnesis, a remembrance. It is rather a thrust into the future.”

“There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny.”