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.

By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.

No one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king ... unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a road not taken, a talent undeveloped, a self not recognized.

The man who knows God but does not know his own misery, becomes proud. The man who knows his own misery but does not know God, ends in despair...the knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course because in him we find both God and our own misery. Jesus Christ is therefore a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.