We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem.

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem.

It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.