Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Henri de Lubac

French Jesuit Priest who became a Cardinal of the Catholic Church

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

"Eternal life is not a life for the future. By charity we start eternity right here below."

"The greatest ideas seem meager enough when they have passed through the sieve of petty minds."

"Thought is so rare an essence that wherever we discover a manifestation of it we not only relish it but are tempted to approve of it."

"The saint… is one who succeeds in giving us at least a glimpse of eternity, despite the thick opacity of time."

"A man's faith can go down to zero without being shaken by doubt."