All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks. Let us be sure He will lead us right, that He will bring us to that which is, not indeed what we think best, nor what is best for another, but what is best for us.

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

You must make up your mind to the prospect of sustaining a certain measure of pain and trouble in you'r passage through life.