He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.

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

That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves.

The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

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.