Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.

Reason is one thing and faith is another and reason can as little be made a substitute for faith, as faith can be made a substitute for reason.

A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.