Henri de Lubac Quotes

• 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

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

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  Powerful, Change Is Good, Routine

  Henri de Lubac (1987). “Paradoxes of Faith”, p.58, Ignatius Press

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• The Church is a perpetual construction site.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Church

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• 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.

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  Memories, Play, Effort

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

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

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  Men, Moments, Jew

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

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• 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.

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  Being Real, Age, Classic

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