The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.

I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.

I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.

Everything great is just as difficult to realize as it is rare to find.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.