Look for the truth, it wants to be found.
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
Men blaspheme what they do not know.
To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey might. Unable to strengthen justice, they have justified might--so that the just and the strong should unite, and there should be peace, which is the sovereign good.
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God.