We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

The most powerful cause of error is the war existing between the senses and reason.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognize them.

Justice without force is impotent, force without justice is tyranny... Not being able to make what is just strong, we make what was strong just.

If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason.

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that He is.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the vain search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

All men naturally hate one another. They employ lust as far as possible in the service of the public weal. But this is only a pretence and a false image of love; for at bottom it is only hate.