Henri de Lubac

“Even in these times of intoxication mingled with anxiety, amidst the most pressing necessities, it is the role of the Christian, a man among his brother men, buoyed up by the same aspirations and cast down by the same anxieties, to raise his voice and remind those who forget it of their own nobility; man is only himself, he only exists for himself here and now if he can discover within himself, in silence, some untouched  region, some mysterious background which, whether gloomy or cheerful, commonplace or magic, is not encroached upon by the cares of the present.” – Henri de Lubac