The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the earth. The Christians know the true God, and do not love the earth.

We like to be deceived.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

Without the knowledge of our wretchedness, the knowledge of God creates pride. With it, the knowledge of God creates despair. The knowledge of Christ offers a third way, because in him we find both God and our wretchedness.

I should not be a Christian but for the miracles.

The multitude which does not reduce itself to unity is confusion.