A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Love is the beauty of the soul.
Love, and do what you like.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell.
The purpose of all wars, is peace.
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
