To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.

Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.

The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.