We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy word. Amen.

I should not be a Christian but for the miracles.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies.

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.