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To philosophize man must put his whole soul into play, in much the same manner that to run he must use his heart and lungs.
An Essay on Christian Philosophy (1955)
To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.
The Range of Reason (1952)
The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.
The Peasant of the Garonne (1968)
It is not possible to escape from the results of the irruption of faith into the structures of our knowledge.
Science and Wisdom (1954)
Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.
Christianity and Democracy (1943)
There is room neither for the poet nor for the contemplator in an egalitarian world.
Ransoming the Time (1941)
The philosopher says that God's knowledge is the measure of things, and that things are the measure of man's knowledge.
Theonas: Conversations of a Sage (1921)
A community of free men cannot exist if its spiritual base is not solely law.
Christianity and Democracy (1943)
Nothing is more vain than to seek to unite men by a philosophic minimum.
Integral Humanism (1936)
With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist.
The Range of Reason (1952)
There is nothing man desires more than a heroic life: there is nothing less common to men than heroism.
True Humanism (1938)
The supernatural light of the spirit is the only night from which the spirit can emerge alive.
Ransoming the Time (1941)
In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality.
The Rights of Man and Natural Law (1943)
The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher.
Science and Wisdom (1954)
To be free is of the essence of every intellectual being.
Degrees of Knowledge (1932)
It is impossible for a Christian to be a relativist.
The Peasant of the Garonne (1968)
A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.
On the Use of Philosophy (1961)
The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.
Man and the State (1951)
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.
True Humanism (1938)
What we need is not truths that serve us but a truth we may serve.
Degrees of Knowledge (1932)