A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with…

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Hence the importance of patience in the New Testament, which becomes the basic constituent of Christianity, more central even than humility: the powe…

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Love alone is credible.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. Our situation today shows that …

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar