Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.

The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.

God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to render it fruitful.

...nothing good can proceed from our will until it be formed again, and that after it is formed again in so far as it is good, it is of God, and not of us.