Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition

When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that the sun will rise to morrow; but nature often deceives us, and will not submit to its own rules.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe, and will dull you - will quiet your proudly critical intellect.