"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."

"Conquer yourself and the world lies at your feet."

"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."

"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."