Venerable, because it has perfect knowledge of man; lovable because it promises the true good.

Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Truth is not an object to be possessed; it is a living thing recognized, cultivated by the mind and heart.

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?

What is man in nature? Nothing in relation to the infinite, all in relation to nothing, a mean between nothing and everything

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course, because in Him we find both God and our misery.