“Mes nuolat atmetame liudijimus, i kuriuos reiktu isiklausyti. Tai yra mes esame taip isitikine savo nuomones teisumu, kas visi parodymai, kurie jos nepatvirtina, laikomi nepagristais. Sitaip niekada nepasieksime to, ka galima butu pavadinti tiesa.”

“„Čia ir dabar mes taip pat esame nuolat informuojami apie pabaigą. Apie ją mums primena kiekviena surūkyta cigaretė, išgerta vyno taurė ar obuolio nuograuža. Keista, bet šiais laikais suvokti savo laikinumą ir baigtinumą yra didesnis maištas nei troškimas suardyti amžiną pasaulio tvarką ir būti nemirtingam.”

“Dabar mes klaidingai suprantam patys save, o kitų visai nesuprantam. Patirtis neturi jokios moralinės vertės. Tai tik vardas, kuriuo žmonės vadina savo klaidas.”

“Now that I look back, it seems to me that in all that deep darkness a miracle was preparing. So I am right to remember it as a blessed time, and myself as waiting in confidence, even if I had no idea what i was waiting for.”

“It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.”

“I could never have imagined this world if I hadn't spent almost eight decades walking around in it. People talk about how wonderful the world seems to children, and that's true enough. But children think they will grow into it and understand it, and I know very well that I will not, and would not if I had a dozen lives.”

“I experience religious dread whenever I find myself thinking that I know the limits of God’s grace, since I am utterly certain it exceeds any imagination a human being might have of it. God does, after all, so love the world.”