To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

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

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as when speaking of God.

The law required what it could not give. Grace gives that which it requires.

To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon and subject to interruption by a thousand accidents, which may minister inevitable affliction.

The Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.