Gabriel Marcel

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction. ”

Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics. ”

It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics. ”

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible. ”

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of. ”

The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all. ”

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. ”

But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object. ”