The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.

Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

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

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

How can we feel our need of His help, or our dependence on Him, or our debt to Him, or the nature of His gift to us, unless we know ourselves.... This is why many in this age (and in every age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church.... They have never had experience of His power and love, because they have never known their own weakness and need.

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.