Dietrich von Hildebrand Quotes

• Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Love, Beauty, Hope

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• Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Compromise, Beggar, Conscience

  Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby (2014). “My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich”, p.12, Image

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• The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot even be wholly ourselves—in the sense of individuality as a unique divine thought—until we are reborn in Christ.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Unique, Individuality, Facts

  Dietrich Von Hildebrand (2001). “Transformation in Christ”, p.17, Ignatius Press

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• The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Lying, Catholic, Way

  Dietrich Von Hildebrand (2001). “Transformation in Christ”, p.171, Ignatius Press

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• There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Hands, Serious, Kind

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• Purity perceives and respects the character of sex-its depth, seriousness, intimacy, and true home within wedded love, which alone makes possible the total and mutual gift of self.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Sex, Home, Character

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• Sex is essentially deep. We become what we do with our bodies, and there is no deeper act than sex.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Sex, Body, Abstinence

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• One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ...than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Office, Soul, Sacred

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