Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves?

Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and surpasses sincerity. We see many people who are sincere without being simple. They do not wish to be taken for other than what they are; but they are always fearing lest they should be taken for what they are not.

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.

Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light; and let us remember for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.

Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.