Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.
Man is emphatically self-made.
It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive.