Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to make him happy in it; if that man is left at any time without occupation or amusement, and reflects on what he is, the meagre, languid felicity of his present lot will not bear him up. He will turn necessarily to gloomy anticipations of the future; and unless his occupation calls him out of himself, he is inevitably wretched.

Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

Who can doubt that we exist only to love? Disguise it, in fact, as we will, we love without intermission... We live not a moment exempt from its influence.

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.

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.

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