At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.
Brave deeds are wasted when hidden.
A little thing comforts us because a little thing afflicts us.
Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves.
All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces.
There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.