God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.

It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

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

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.