I feel engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified The eternal silence of these infinite spaces alarms me.

Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe, and will dull you - will quiet your proudly critical intellect.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Most of man's trouble comes from his inability to be still.

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.