"Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone.

As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door' of my own room.

From the standpoint of living faith, I cannot fundamentally believe in anyone's damnation but my own; as far as my neighbor is concerned, the light of resurrection can never be so obscured that I would be allowed or obliged to stop hoping for him."

~Hans Urs von Balthasar