One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.

In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God.

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

We must love all facts, not for their consequences, but because in each fact God is there present.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.