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.

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

There are three means of believing--by inspiration, by reason, and by custom. Christianity, which is the only rational institution, does yet admit none for its sons who do not believe by inspiration. Nor does it injure reason or custom, or debar them of their proper force; on the contrary, it directs us to open our minds by the proofs of the former, and to confirm our minds by the authority of the latter.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.