Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.

So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.