Understanding is the reward of faith.

No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.

Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.

There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it.