Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

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.

It is an appalling thing to feel all one possesses drain away.

There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.

At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

Man governs himself more by impulse than reason