If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever..

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to ….

Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish..

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received..

There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning..

To love is to will the good of the other..

The things we love tell us who we are..

The things that we love tell us what we are..

He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precept….

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures..

Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts..

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely..

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust..

He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injusti….

Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; ….

Wonder is the desire of knowledge..

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for y….

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both hav….

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about..

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice..

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth..