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Henri de Lubac Quotes

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Henri de Lubac
Powerful, Change Is Good, Routine
Henri de Lubac (1987). “Paradoxes of Faith”, p.58, Ignatius Press

It's not sincereity, it is truth which frees us, because it transforms us. It tears us away from our inmost slavery.

Henri de Lubac
Silence, Tears, Slavery

The Church is a perpetual construction site.

Henri de Lubac
Faith, Inspiration, Church

Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process.

Henri de Lubac
Memories, Play, Effort
Henri de Lubac (1987). “Paradoxes of Faith”, p.23, Ignatius Press

The turning point in history will be the moment man becomes aware that the only god of man is man himself.

Henri de Lubac
Men, Moments, Jew
Henri de Lubac (1995). “The Drama of Atheist Humanism”, p.30, Ignatius Press

The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised.

Henri de Lubac
Being Real, Age, Classic

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