I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

The mind has its arrangement; it proceeds from principles to demonstrations. The heart has a different mode of proceeding.

Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.

I condemn equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to condemn him and those who choose to divert themselves, and I can only approve of those who seek with groans.

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

The property of power is to protect.