Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.

Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us.

To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.