That a religion may be true, it must have knowledge of our nature.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

All great amusements are dangerous to the Christian life; but among all those which the world has invented there is none more to be feared than the theater. It is a representation of the passions so natural and so delicate that it excites them and gives birth to them in our hearts, and, above all, to that of love.

If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it's possible, in everything.