Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

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.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.

It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it isnecessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.

God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.