"Nothing is more depressing and more illogical than aggressive Christianity."

"Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud."

"To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope."

"If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth."