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The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

The only shame is to have none.