A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. - Jacques Maritain

It has never been recommended to confuse "loving" with "seeking to please"… ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with love for them. As for poor John the Baptist... ...she certainly did not envelop him in her love.

The hope of the coming of a new Christian era in our civilization is to my mind a hope for a distant future, a very distant future.

There is room neither for the poet nor for the contemplator in an egalitarian world.