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

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom--the very fashion of which "passeth away.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

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.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.