Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

History paints the human heart.