Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause.

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.

I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

The verdict of the world is conclusive.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.