To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Our senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.

Each one is all in all to himself; for being dead, all is dead to him.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.