“Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.”
Faith“It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.”
God“Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.”
Faith“When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.”
Love“Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.”
Change“That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.”
God“Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.”
God“Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.”
Nature“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.”
Men“Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.”
Faith“Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”
Truth“The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.”
Great“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.”
Truth“Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.”
Power“Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else.”
Nature“If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!”
Religion“It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.”
God“As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.”
Death“Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.”
Men“Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same.”
Truth“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”
Death“Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.”
Nature