Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least offended with those who mock at or oppose you, for they do you good; crucify your self-love and acknowledge the wrong, the error of your heart. But have the deepest pity for those who mock at words and works of faith and piety, of righteousness; for those who oppose the good which you are doing... God preserve you - getting exasperated at them.

If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.

To be a saint is to will the one thing.

Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between man and man. Christianity teaches that love is a relationship between man-God-man, that is, that God is the middle term.

The truly simple way of presenting Christianity is to do it.

All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.

The more men believe an idea to be true the greater the likelihood that the idea is mistaken. Those who are right usually stand alone.