Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point.

Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves.

Law was once introduced without reason, and has become reasonable.

Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

At the centre of every human being is a God-shaped vacuum which can only be filled by Jesus Christ.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.