The greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost thinking about it.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are not used to seeking for first principles. Those, on the other hand, who are accustomed to reason from first principles do not understand matters of feeling at all, because they look for first principles and are unable to comprehend at a glance.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

Our natures lie in motion, without which we die.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.