How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!

If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not believing.

Eloquence is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

There are two excesses: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason. The supreme achievement of reason is to realise that there is a limit to reason. Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it. It is merely feeble if it does not go as far as to realise that.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

The Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.