“Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.”

“As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love.”

“Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration?-(The Beginning and the End)”

“paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.”

“The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.”

“A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.”

“The real malady is fear of life, not of death”