It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.

What can be seen on earth points to neither the total absence nor the obvious presence of divinity, but to the presence of a hidden God. Everything bears this mark.

The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.

Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.