Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God?

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.

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.

Orthodoxy on one side of the Pyrenees may be heresy on the other.

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.

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

Man's greatness is great in that he knows himself wretched. A tree does not know itself wretched. It is then being wretched to know oneself wretched; but it is being great to know that one is wretched.