I know whom I have believed.

Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves.

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.

St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities are the Serpent; the excitable desire is the Eve; and reason is the Adam. Our nature tempts us perpetually; criminal desire is often excited; but sin is not completed till reason consents.

How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.

If God exists, not seeking God must be the gravest error imaginable. If one decides to sincerely seek for God and doesn't find God, the lost effort is negligible in comparison to what is at risk in not seeking God in the first place.