“ I pray like a robber asking alms at the door of a farmhouse to which he is ready to set fire. Leon Bloy
“ Every man who begets a free act projects his personality into the infinite. If he gives a poor man a penny grudgingly, that penny pierces the poor man’s hand, falls, pierces the earth, bores holes in… Leon Bloy
“ The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint. Leon Bloy
“ Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence. Leon Bloy
