The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms.

Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness--the eighth beatitude.

St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities are the Serpent; the excitable desire is the Eve; and reason is the Adam. Our nature tempts us perpetually; criminal desire is often excited; but sin is not completed till reason consents.

It is an appalling thing to feel all one possesses drain away.