Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

Law, without force, is impotent.

The world is satisfied with words, few care to dive beneath the surface.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as when speaking of God.

Notwithstanding the sight of all our miseries, which press upon us and take us by the throat, we have an instinct which we cannot repress, and which lifts us up.

The God of the infinite is the God of the infinitesimal.