Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.

All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.

Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.

If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is impossible for any man to obtain even the minutest portion of right and sound doctrine without being a disciple of Scripture.

Bien que les étoiles ne parlent pas, même en étant silencieux, ils crient. Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out.

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.