Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.

Every evening brings us nearer God.

The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education.

Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly awakened out of a pleasant slumber. I understand that in Italy they torture poor people by depriving them of sleep. `Tis a torture that cannot long be endured.

Forgiveness is God's command.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.