My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.

Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is really what we need, and what we know is of no use to us whatever!

Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.

All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.