When A Man Has Made Peace Within

In Spite Of All Similarities, Every Living Situation Has, Like A Newborn Child, A New Face, That Has Never Been Before And Will Never Come Again. It Demands Of You A Reaction That Cannot Be Prepared Beforehand. It Demands Nothing Of What Is Past. It Demands Presence, Responsibility; It Demands You.

When People Come To You For Help, Do Not Turn Them Off With Pious Words, Saying, 'have Faith And Take Your Troubles To God.' Act Instead As Though There Were No God, As Though There Were Only One Person In The World Who Could Help -- Only Yourself.

The World Is Not Comprehensible, But It Is Embraceable: Through The Embracing Of One Of Its Beings.

Real Faith Means Holding Ourselves Open To The Unconditional Mystery Which We Encounter In Every Sphere Of Our Life And Which Cannot Be Comprised In Any Formula. Real Faith Means The Ability To Endure Life In The Face Of This Mystery.

For Sin Is Just This, What Man Cannot By Its Very Nature Do With His Whole Being; It Is Possible To Silence The Conflict In The Soul, But It Is Not Possible To Uproot It