Our true dignity consists — in thought. Thence we must derive our elevation, not from space or duration. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morals.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.

A little thing comforts us because a little thing afflicts us.

Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.