A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.

God answered the prayers of animals.

Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its origin; we know not its end. And the presumption, if not the degradation, rests with those who place upon the throne of the universe a magnified image of themselves, and make its doings a mere colossal imitation of their own. Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine.