Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in such a way that nothing would be more desirable for the child than to escape their influence.

We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.

Whither should we aim if not towards God?

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.