“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”
“It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.”
“Every day / a few billion histories fail to occur.”
“To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.”
“Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?”
“The unqualified affirmation of the univeral will of salvation has radically changed the way of conceiving the mission of the Church in the world. . . . The work of salvation is a reality which occurs in history.”