Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God.
Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise.
Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.